Pimco’s Gross Says He’s Purchasing Treasuries to Protect Against Deflation – Bloomberg Gold Gains in New York, Erasing Earlier Decline – Bloomberg World Bank: Dollar’s Role Declines – New York Times Cotton Falls on Slump in U.S. Consumer Confidence – Bloomberg FDIC May Ask Banks to Prepay – RealClearMarkets Home Prices Gain 3rd Straight Month [...]

Stocks in U.S. Advance – Bloomberg Sugar’s ‘Head and Shoulders’ May Signal 16% Decline – Bloomberg Corn Declines as Warm Weather Boosts U.S. Crop – Bloomberg Orange Juice Rallies on Concern Florida Harvest Will Shrink – Bloomberg SEC Seeks Flash Trade Curbs – Wall Street Journal Fed Plans Bank Compensation Limits – Wall Street Journal [...]

Can the U.S. Lose its AAA Credit Rating? By Jeff Friedman The credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) issued a warning on May 21, 2009, that Britain’s credit rating was at risk of being downgraded due to rapidly growing government deficits. The statement sparked fears that the U.S. could next in line for a [...]

By Jim Barrett I’ve been involved with the Treasury bond market since 1979, originally as a floor trader, and recall how bond trading was king back then. However, the spotlight dimmed as the U.S. government began to get its fiscal house in order during the late 90s; so much that it was even able to [...]

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Trading Strategies Using Pivot Points By Jeff Friedman There’s no doubt the economy is sick. The last quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009 are likely to reflect the worst part of this recession, in my opinion. If that is the case, we may be seeing the formation of bottoms in a number [...]