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Good News On the Jobs Front
This jobs number should ease some recession fears, although next weeks CPI will be a key indicator as we all know. Payrolls were up...
Pete
Jul 8, 20221 min read
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More Products to Manage Risk
It is incredible the products the CME Group keep developing to efficiently manage risk. Coming in October they will be releasing products...
Pete
Jul 6, 20221 min read
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CME to Launch New Lumber Futures Contract
The CME in August will be introducing a new Lumber Futures Contract that is very beneficial to hedgers. Her are the highlights... New...
Pete
Jul 6, 20221 min read
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A bit of a miss but not so bad
The Jobs Report was just a little under expectations. There were some bright spots though. You can get the details here...
Pete
Apr 1, 20221 min read
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Coming IN March!!!
The CME Group will be launching 20 Year Bond Futures March 7th see the details here: https://go.cmegroup.com/webmail/502091/1224989732/eb...
Pete
Feb 23, 20221 min read
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Huge Spike in Consumer Prices.
A 6.2% spike in consumer prices is most in 30 years. Read more here https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/10/consumer-price-index-october.html?__s...
Pete
Nov 10, 20211 min read
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Weekly Claims Still Moving in the Right Direction
Weekly claims better than expected and looking pretty good overall, check out the details! https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/04/us-weekly-jobl...
Pete
Nov 4, 20211 min read
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US Fed Announcement
Paul Ashworth, Chief US Economist The Fed unveiled its QE taper today, as widely expected, but is still insisting that the surge in...
Erik T. Long
Nov 3, 20212 min read
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First Look Q3 GDP Not So Good but Weekly Claims Better
The third quarter GDP grew a mere 2%. See the numbers here... https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/28/us-gross-domestic-product-increases-at-2poi...
Pete
Oct 28, 20211 min read
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Very Disappointing Jobs Report
Labor Department reports a mere 194,000 jobs versus the 500,000 expected. The unemployment rate drops to 4.8% that may be due to the...
Pete
Oct 8, 20211 min read
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Jobless Claims Lower
Both weekly and continuing claims move in the right direction. See the breakdown here... https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/07/us-jobless-claim...
Pete
Oct 7, 20211 min read
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A bit of an Increase in Jobless Claims
Weekly claims rise 11,000 and continuing claims also have a bit of a bump up. Here Jeff Cox of CNBC breaks down the numbers....
Pete
Sep 30, 20211 min read
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How long will pandemic price pressures last?
We think a sustained period of inflation in the region of 3-4% over the coming years could be dealt with relatively easily by central...
Erik T. Long
Sep 23, 20211 min read
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A few thoughts on the FOMC meeting and Treasuries
We doubt that the Fed will spring a surprise today with its communications on tapering or by revising the timing of lift-off in its...
Erik T. Long
Sep 22, 20211 min read
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Natural Gas Options Point to Challenging Winter
By: Jeff White and Owain Johnson Recent activity in Henry Hub natural gas options suggests that traders are expecting the winter of...
Erik T. Long
Sep 16, 20213 min read
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Retail sales post surprise gain as consumers show strength despite delta fears.
Also weekly and continuing claims as reported by CNBC here https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/16/retail-sales-unexpectedly-rise-0point7percent-...
Pete
Sep 16, 20211 min read
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Bonds Don’t Have to be Boring (part 2)
How to invest in bonds? In our last article, we discussed the basics of what bonds are, why they exist and what you can do about it: buy...
Erik T. Long
Sep 15, 20214 min read
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Bonds Don’t Have to be Boring (part 1)
What is a bond? For most, the image of Wall Street is the hot-shot stock trader. With his slick hair, oxford collar and finger on the...
Erik T. Long
Sep 9, 20213 min read
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Are You A TikTok Addict?
According to analytics firm App Annie, short-form video app TikTok is officially more addictive than YouTube. The average TikTok user now...
Erik T. Long
Sep 8, 20211 min read
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Delta and Ida add to headwinds
With employment increasing by less than 250,000 last month and other incoming data disappointing, the recovery appears to be losing...
Erik T. Long
Sep 6, 20211 min read
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