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UPDATED 7:00 ET – Overnight Trading Action   STOCKS – European stocks declined for a second day as investors awaited U.S. retail and housing data to gauge the health of the world’s biggest economy before minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting. U.S. index futures were also little changed, while Asian shares retreated. BONDS – Treasury 10-year yields…

>> RiosQuant Overnight Market Update >> STOCKS – European shares rose, following the longest streak of weekly gains in 15 months, as investors awaited a Nov. 20 publication of Federal Open Market Committee minutes. U.S. stock-index futures were little changed, and Asian shares advanced. >> BONDS – U.S. interest-rate swaps fell to the least in more than…

The Equity Markets broke out last week to new highs after a consolidation period that began a few weeks ago. In the week ahead be watchful of a potential stall as price action is near overbought technical conditions. The US Ten Year Note continued to consolidate with the yield finishing the week at 2.71%, which…

          It was a busy weekend for the financial markets as Gold gained and the US Dollar dropped to the lowest level in a month after Lawrence Summers withdrew from consideration as the next Federal Reserve chairman before the central bank meets this week to decide on stimulus. Also on the…

  Some volatility found its way back in the financial markets with Copper advancing 4.2% while Wheat dropped -4.6%.  In the Currency markets the Aussie Dollar gained 3.3% after weeks of sliding. The equity indices started to show signs of exhaustion with the Nikkei falling -5.4% and the DJIA -1.4%.  In the week ahead, Atlanta…

  Friday’s strong payrolls report for June delivered volatility in most asset classes. In the FX market, foreign currencies continued to sell off as flows continued to rotate from fixed income instruments and the metals to the US dollar. US treasury yields rallied strongly as expectation of tapering is expected to begin as early as…

Volatility continued to dominate across multiple asset classes this past week as we closed the second quarter in the global financial markets. The outperformers for the week included crude oil rising 3% followed by NASDAQ 1.2% and the US dollar 1%. Corn was the underperformer for the week dropping -17.3%  while silver closed Q2 down…

  As expected, volatility kicked in high gear following the FOMC press conference last Wednesday. The US 10 Year Note dropped -2.6% pushing interest rate yield higher. As mentioned in prior reports and RiosQuant webinar events, higher yields can have a strong impact in the currency market. The US Dollar reacted by rallying 2.2% while…

  The Bond market continued to dominate the financial markets with astute traders focusing on the interest rate movements. The Currency markets reacted with the Japanese Yen climbing 3.3% and the US Dollar dropping -2.1%. In the commodity market Crude Oil gained 4.7% while Natural Gas lost -4%. The week was busy with economic data…