In Case You Missed It – Week Ended November 14, 2015

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In Case You Missed It – Week Ended November 14, 2015. Stories from the week ended November 14, 2015. The economic news of the week centered around U.S. data and Fed official speeches. Producer price inflation (negative) and retail sales (barely positive) were far below estimates. Yet, Fed officials are still promoting an interest rate Read More →

In Case You Missed It – Week Ended November 7, 2015

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In Case You Missed It – Week Ended November 7, 2015. Stories from the week ended November 7, 2015. The big news of the week was the huge beat of expectations of the headline non farm payroll number on Friday. This week we will be dissecting what types of jobs were created and to whom Read More →

In Case You Missed it Week Ended October 31, 2015

In Case You Missed it Week Ended October 31, 2015. Stories from the week ended October 31, 2015. Bad economic news (the Wall Street Journal called it “brighter“) was released this week including big misses in new and pending home sales, tepid consumer spending and a sub par first estimate of 3rd quarter GDP. Yet, Read More →

In Case You Missed it Week Ended October 24, 2015

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In Case You Missed it Week Ended October 24, 2015. Stories from the week ended October 24, 2015. Talk of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike was less frequent during the week ended October 24, 2015. The Fed meets next week and the “consensus” is there will be no rate hike announcement following that meeting. Read More →

In Case You Missed it – The Week Ended October 17, 2015

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In Case You Missed it Week Ended October 17, 2015. Stories from the week ended October 17, 2015. The week began again with contradictory statements from various U.S. Fed Officials on the possibility of interest rate hikes and ended on the same note. Rate hikes and negative interest rates were once again cited as possibilities. Read More →

In Case You Missed it – The Week Ended October 10, 2015

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In Case You Missed it Week Ended October 10, 2015. Stories from the week ended October 10, 2015. The week began with statements from various U.S. Fed Presidents on the possibility of interest rate hikes and ended on the same note. Gold opened the week at $1138.40 and closed up at $1156,40. Silver opened at Read More →

In Case You Missed it – The Week Ended October 3, 2015

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In Case You Missed It. In Case You Missed it Week Ended October 3, 2015. Stories from the week ended October 3, 2015. The week began with continued discussion of the potential for an interest rate hike after Fed Chair Janet Yellen spoke at the end of the prior week indicating she thought a rate Read More →

In Case You Missed It – The week Ended September 26, 2015

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In Case You Missed It. In Case You Missed it Week Ended September 26 2015. Stories from the week ended September 26, 2015. The week began with the markets digesting the Federal Reserve’s FOMC meeting decision last Thursday not to raise interest rates. The Fed decided due to “global uncertainty”, not to raise rates. During Read More →

In Case You Missed it – The Week Ended September 19, 2015

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In Case You Missed It. In Case You Missed it Week Ended September 19, 2015. Stories from the week ended September 19, 2015. The week began with all eyes on the Federal Reserve’s FOMC meeting decision on Thursday. The Fed decided due to “global uncertainty” not to raise interest rates. The dovish Fed statement sent Read More →

In Case You Missed it Week Ended September 12, 2015

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In Case You Missed It. In Case You Missed it Week Ended September 12, 2015. Stories from the week ended September 12, 2015. The week began with global markets in turmoil from the prior week’s declines.Concerns over a potential U.S. Fed rate hike dominanted trading considerations. Global markets, however, opened higher on the 7th, with Read More →