Archive for the 'Inflation' Category
Here are the closing statistics for our key indicators (9/27/11): DJ30 – 11,191 up 147 US Treasury 10 Year Bond – 2.02% up 0.11% USDEUR - 1.3601 Gold – $1655 up $52 Oil – $83.53 up $3.29 Positive day in stocks with big jumps of up to 6% in Europe. Interest rates are rising, and [...]
September 27th, 2011 | Posted in Europe, Inflation | No Comments
Here are the closing statistics for our key indicators (7/20/11): DJ30 – 12,572 down 15 US Treasury 10 Year Bond – 2.93% up 0.04% USDEUR - 1.4228 Gold – $1599 up $10 Oil – $98.09 up $0.69 Oil continues its rise, and the Dollar is definitely falling right now – kind of crazy. The Yen [...]
July 20th, 2011 | Posted in Deficit, Inflation | No Comments
Here are the closing statistics for our key indicators: DJ30 – 12,004 up 43 US Treasury 10 Year Bond – 2.94% up 0.04% USDEUR - 1.4307 Gold – $1540 up $11 Oil – $92.91 down $2.04 Stocks continue to move sideways in the trading gap defined by the S&P 500 between 1250 and 1350 – [...]
June 20th, 2011 | Posted in Inflation | 1 Comment
Here are the closing statistics for our key indicators: DJ30 – 12,691 up 95 US Treasury 10 Year Bond – 3.37% up 0.05% USDEUR - 1.4788 Gold – $1530 up $22 – A NEW ALL TIME HIGH Oil – $113.32 up $1.11 Bernanke Speaks….. Today FED Chairman, Ben Bernanke, spoke in a Press Conference at [...]
April 28th, 2011 | Posted in Inflation | No Comments
Here are the closing statistics for our key indicators: DJ30 – 12,320 down 31 US Treasury 10 Year Bond – 3.48% up 0.04% USDEUR - 1.4181 - a weaker Dollar Gold – $1438 up $14 Oil – $106.58 up $2.31 – a recent HIGH – very dangerous for our economy!!!!!! Gasoline $3.11 up $0.05 – [...]
March 31st, 2011 | Posted in Inflation, Ireland | 2 Comments
Stocks bounced around today as worry exists over a trade war between the US and China (that’s better than a shooting war.) Bonds bounced on the same data with increased interest rates. Gold fell a little today. Oil and gasoline went sideways. The Dollar is falling, and falling fast right now. Why??? It’s simple. The [...]
September 15th, 2009 | Posted in China, Inflation | No Comments
Stocks jumped today based on earnings in the financial industry. Bonds continue to hold their lower interest rates. The Dollar and gold moved sideways. Oil and gasoline continue to slowly make new lows – great news for gasoline prices (they’re coming down folks). In the news today….. Budget Deficit – is now officially over $1 [...]
July 13th, 2009 | Posted in Deficit, Inflation | No Comments
Stocks soared today on Lowe’s good performance, and housing sentiment. (Neither is a good reason to soar, but they are the reasons that the stock market follows.) Bonds fell (increased interest rates) today significantly. Gold and the Dollar went sideways today. Oil and gasoline drove higher, and are threatening higher energy prices across the board [...]
May 18th, 2009 | Posted in Inflation | No Comments
Stocks exploded today on the announcement that Treasury has a plan to eliminate the “toxic securities” held by the big banks. Stocks went up 497 points. Bonds were steady, as was the Dollar Oil and gasoline gained on this latest news as speculators are gambling that this major Treasury step will lead to a recovery [...]
March 23rd, 2009 | Posted in Bailout, Banks, Inflation | 3 Comments
Stock rocketed forward as the economic news couldn’t have been worse. Kind of confused? That’s the way markets react – irrationally. The very bad news was the Unemployment Rate going way up beyond where anyone had predicted. And, it’s only been one month in 2009. Bonds, the Dollar and Gold went sideways. Oil and gasoline [...]
February 6th, 2009 | Posted in Inflation | 4 Comments