From the desk of Joe Rios

The FOMC statement pushed stocks higher, sending the Dow and S&P 500 to fresh record highs. The US Dollar also closed the week higher helping to drive some commodities lower with Silver dropping -4.4% and Gold -1.2%. The correlation between the bond, commodity and US Dollar continued throughout the week. However, the US Treasury Notes and Bonds bounced from a key support level on Friday. The Grains also continued to breakdown with Wheat falling -5.6%, Soybeans -2.9% and Corn -2.1%.

In the Currency market the US Dollar confirmed overbought technical condition but nonetheless, managed to push most foreign currencies lower with the Japanese Yen dropping -1.44%, Australian Dollar -1.37% and the Euro -1.06%. The British Pound failed to trade higher following the Scottish “no” vote displaying “buy the rumor sell the news” mode. In the week ahead I will keep my focus on the bond market as a leading indicator for the Metal and Forex markets. I will also look for potential trade set ups in the non-risk asset classes, especially if the risk assets consolidate from the recent trends.

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Monday

9:00 AM         EUR   ECB President Draghi Speaks

10:00 AM       USD   Existing Home Sales

10:05 AM       USD   FOMC Member Dudley Speaks

9:45 PM         CNY   HSBC Flash Manufacturing PMI

Tuesday

3:00 AM         EUR   French Flash Manufacturing PMI

3:30 AM         EUR   German Flash Manufacturing PMI

8:30 AM         CAD   Core Retail Sales

6:45 PM         NZD    Trade Balance

Wednesday

4:00 AM         EUR   German Ifo Business Climate

10:00 AM       USD   New-Home Sales

10:30 AM                   Crude Oil Inventories

10:30 PM       AUD   RBA Gov. Stevens Speaks

Thursday

8:30 AM         USD   Durable Goods Orders And Unemployment Claims

10:30 AM                   Natural Gas Storage

Friday

8:30 AM         USD   Final GDP

9:55 AM         USD   Revised UoM Consumer Sentiment