Learn everything you need to know about the Russell index’s switch from CME to ICE. Ray McKenzie, Vice President at ICE Futures U.S. recently did a webinar to fill us all in on the details. You can watch it below. And don’t forget to register for our upcoming events, by clicking here. <span class=”mceItemObject” classid=”clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000″ [...]

U.S. Takes Control of Mortgage Giants Fannie & Freddie – Wall Street Journal LTCM Is a Short-Term Memory – New York Times A Delicate Balance in Fannie/Freddie Action – Financial Times The Economy’s Uncertain Outlook – Weekly Standard Welcome to the Mortgage Business – Ciovacco Capital Is the Dollar Really King? (PDF) – Brown Brothers [...]

Oil Rises Above $117 as Gustav Threatens Gulf – RealClearMarkets Dollar on the Rise, For Now – Financial Times Record Drop for Home Prices – RealClearMarkets Credit Crunch Deeper and Wider – BusinessWeek FDIC: 117 Troubled Banks – RealClearMarkets Don’t Believe the Fed Hike Hype – TechTicker/Yahoo Finance Durable Goods Post Strong Increases in June/July [...]

By Frank D. Cholly The U.S. dollar’s rally, which started in mid-July and has continued through August, has led many commodities lower in the past few weeks. However, there is one unique commodity that hasn’t fallen with the rest, and that commodity is sugar. Read mor or watch the video below. <span class=”mceItemObject” classid=”clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000″ id=”ooyalaPlayer_4vnlf_fke0qbno” [...]

Will U.S. Follow Up Japan into a Decade of Stagnation – The Economist Markets Stuck in a Vortex of Volatility – The New Yorker It’s Deflation, Stupid – RealClearMarkets Recessions are Good for the Economy – Telegraph U.S. Treasuries Climb on Concern Credit-Market Turmoil Widening – Bloomberg U.S. Economy: Home Resales Rose More than Forecast [...]

The Greenback and Commodity Prices (PDF) – Globe Asia The Real China Test – Newsweek The Idiocy of Energy Independence – RealClearPolitics Behind the Housing Gloom An Improving Backdrop – The Economist Reliving the Savings & Loan Meltdown – Wall Street Journal No End in Sight to the Economic Crisis – New York Times Did [...]

We All Pay for Fed’s Loose Money Follies – Wall Street Journal The Fed Can Learn from History’s Blunders – Financial Times Export Boom Helps Farms, Not U.S. Factories – New York Times Five Ways to Wreck a Recovery – Washington Post How Low Rates Contributed to the Credit Crisis – Wall Street Journal The [...]

Gold, Crude Oil Slump, Leading Commodities Plunge to 4-Month Low – Bloomberg U.S. Economy: Consumer Confidence, NY Manufacturing, Gain – Bloomberg Will Fed’s Courage Pay Off? – Times of London In Europe, Economy is Suffering Too – The Economist Explaining Oil Price Fluctuations – Portfolio Economists Divided on Question of Recession (Video) – Wall Street [...]

The U.S. Economy & The ‘R’ Word – New York Sun Big Funds Embrace Dollar – Daily Telegraph Why the Dollar Rally Ends Here – Fortune Consumer Prices Surge, Job Market Remains Strained – AP/Yahoo News Gold Futures Drop $17 as Traders Eye Dollar, Oil – MarketWatch.com Commodity Dip Shuffles Market Winners, Losers – MarketWatch.com [...]

Global Worries Boost Dollar – Reuters Oil Falls to 14-week Low – Bloomberg Russia Orders Halt to War – Reuters The Multi-Billion Dollar Olympics – Weekly Standard Lessons from the Credit Crunch – The American What to Make of Oil’s Weakness – RealClearMarkets What Hath the Fed Wrought? – FT Portfolios One Third of New [...]