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Squawk Morning Briefing: Industrial Activity Retakes Stage
With the Greece vote out of the way, attention can return to the U. S. economy and economic activity. Chicago PMI comes out today and could show weakness if it follows the lead of regional Fed reports. We noted earlier in the week that the Dallas Fed number was particularly bad. Historically, this number has […]
Squawk Morning Briefing: Uncertainty Abounds
Greek austerity measures passing wasn’t much of a surprise, but we still need to wait for the open to gauge to true raction of markets. There have been some wild swings so far.
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Squawk Morning Briefing: Greece Fire?
It sure is hard to put out a grease fire and it looks to be just as difficult to suppress the conflagration in Greece as protesters are vehement in their opposition to EU enforces austerity measures. Markets have shown that they react to this situation so we might expect a significant move tomorrow. The real […]
Squawk Morning Briefing: Is It Fall Yet?
Summer action can get slow. Add to that the indecisive action in the markets and it’s a tough trade right now. The changing of the seasons is predictable, but what we really want to anticipate is a fall in the markets. For some time we’ve been allowing for another high to be seen first and […]
Squawk Morning Briefing: Running Late
We’re sorry that today’s briefing is later than usual today. We’ll direct you straight to the videos for our thoughts. Have a great weekend!
Squawk Morning Briefing: Disappointed Fed Doesn’t Disappoint
In its written statement and in comments by Chairman Bernanke, the Fed expressed disappointment at the pace of the U.S. recovery. Even though they expressed their belief that many for the drags on GDP would be temporary they lowered their 2011 and 2012 forecasts. Once again, the FOMC came through and delivered what many traders […]
Squawk Morning Brieifing: FOMC Day
Traders in bond, equity, and currency markets are all watching for some sign from the Federal Reserve so the results of today’s meeting and the press conference that follows may introduce some volatility. We want to see if that moves that follow help to clarify our wave counts. We’ll get straight to the videos to […]
Squawk Morning Briefing: Testing, 1, 2, 3…
With a three-day old bounce in the works for the DJIA, we are seeing our first real test of our various wave count possibilities we are tracking. At this point, is is important to see the structure of the rise (is it in five waves or three) and the extent of the rise and what […]
Squawk Morning Briefing: The “New Normal”
With options expiration week over, along with it’s historically positive bias, perhaps we can return to “normal.” Of course that begs the question of what’s normal. Is it the string of six weekly declines in U. S. equities that preceded expiration week? Perhaps it’s the fact that Equities continue to resist committing to a direction.
We […]
Squawk Morning Briefing: Opex Games Again
Options expiration is upon us again. And with wave counts up in the air, we don’t really have a guide to help us sort out any potentially wild moves if they should occur. It’s a great day to sit and watch if you really have to track the markets. If you don’t need to watch, […]