(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers.) PLEASE BE ALERT FOR OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WAKE OF BERNANKE SPEECH August 31, 2012 The much-anticipated Bernanke speech starts at 10:00 am ET at Jackson Hole. Headlines may
(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers.) DURABLE GOODS ORDERS PLUNGE August 24, 2012 Durable Goods Orders ex-transports came at -0.4% compared to consensus of +0.6%. Gold futures are at $1666, silver futures
(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers.) SPAIN IS THE BEST PERFORMING MARKET August 17, 2012 Since July 24th bottom, the Spanish market is up about 25%. The up move continues this morning.
(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers.) STIMULUS ADDICTS WAKE UP AND SMELL MORE BAD DATA FROM CHINA August 10, 2012 There is more bad data from China. Exports rose 1% in
(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers.) LET THE BATTLE ROYAL BEGIN August 3, 2012 For the second time in a row, a major piece of U.S. economic data came better than expected.
(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers.) GDP NUMBER MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR THE FED TO ACT July 27, 2012 Q2 advance GDP came at 1.5% vs 1.2% consensus. Q1 GDP was revised
Yesterday at about 3:45 pm EDT, WSJ published a leak from the Federal Reserve. Such leaks are usually deliberate on the part of the Federal Reserve. Here is an excerpt from WSJ of the leak: Federal Reserve officials, impatient with the economy’s sluggish growth and high unemployment, are moving closer
(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers.) MADRID PROTEST BRINGS MARKETS DOWN July 20, 2012 Police fired rubber bullets on protested in a huge demonstration in Madrid against austerity. 39 people are reportedly
(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers.) CHINA GROWTH LOWEST IN THREE YEARS July 13, 2012 Chinese GDP growth fell to 7.6%, its lowest in about three years. The number is in line
(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers.) MARKETS SPIKE ON EUROPEAN BANKING DEAL June 29, 2012 Italy’s Mario Monti led the charge to convince Merkel of Germany to radically restructure bank aid. It