Lots of Scheduled News on the Calendar

Interest Rates Around the Globe Expected To Drop

Australia, Canada, The UK, and the Euro Zone are scheduled and expected to lower interest rates this week. The question is, are the moves already baked into the charts?

Non-Farm Payroll - Unemployment Data Due Friday

Employment data may come in at historically horrendous levels. Wednesday data from ADP and Challenger, and Thursday from Monster.com will lead up to Friday’s Non-Farm Payroll report. Wrapping up the week is the US consumer credit report at 15:00 Friday.

European Union? No Help for Eastern Europe. The Euro continues to slide against the US Dollar as witnessed by the chart below. Note the post from Febrauary 27th.

EUR-USD - 60 Min chart - Beautiful Triangle Pattern continues to play out.

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Economic Calendar Full of Data and News

This week has lots of potential for momentum trading as Interest Rates for the UK, Euro Zone, and Australia will be watched closely. 

The employment situation will be highlighted with ADP  and other reporting agencies leading up to Friday’s Non Farm Payroll.

Lot’s of other data coming out as well - so don’t get caught by surprise - mark your calendar and trade accordingly! 

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Festival of Lights - Happy Happy - Joy Joy

Holiday Greetings to All - The Calendar is light this week - as it should be - and to give the volatile markets a much needed rest and break - but will the volatility calm down as the banks and corporations around the world turn off the office lights? A Happy Hanukkah to all celebrating the festival of lights.

Light News Calendar

There are several GDP Reports scheduled to be released for the US, UK, Canada, and New Zealand. Will the numbers really be a surprise to anyone if they come out a bit worse than expected?

Tuesday will have the UK GDP released at 4:30 EST and can serve as a heads up as to the volatility for the US GDP at 8:30 EST.  Other news on Tuesday for the US include Consumer Sentiment, New and Existing Home Sales Data, and Investor Confidence all coming out at 10 EST.

Wednesday has Jobless claims- Durable Goods - and Personal Income and Spending Data also clustered at 8:30 EST. The EIA will release both Petroleum and Natural Gas data on Wednesday to accommodate the Christmas Holiday on Thursday.  Canada releases GDP data at 8:30 on Wednesday.

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Bens Last Hurrah?

After Tuesday’s meeting - The next scheduled FOMC meeting is January 28, will there be a new Fed Chairman at the helm, or will Bernanke be held over? Will there be any more rate cuts available at that time? There are expectations that rates could be lowered to 0.25% - making the US rates even lower than Japan.

The Dollar Continues to Give Up Ground

AUD-USD 30 Minute Chart (Click to Enlarge)

Continuing Up Trend Channel

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700 Pip Targets Hit in 48 Hours - Dollar Continues Amazing Rally - Technicals Look Great

Greenspans Admits to Flawed Reality of Greeds Span

The Senate oversight committee with testimony from former chairman Greenspan, Treasury Secretary Snow, and SEC Commissioner Cox was barely covered by the networks. It amazes me that the pundits and judge Judy can talk over and over rule what could have been the most important testimony broadcast to date as to what happened and why there was so little oversight.   Given the fact that Tax payer dollars are being used - you would think the tax payers should be given the opportunity to listen to the testimony - un interrupted if they wanted to.  But no reason to bore the people with the facts from the sources directly - better we get some 4th party opinion to talk over the testimony in between commercials.

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Financial Markets in the Hands of Congress - Working Through the Night

 Tensions and Anxiety - Buying “Puts on SKY”

Talk of  “the end of ____________” run rampant - fill in the blank with whatever you want. Conspiracy Theorists are having the spotlight as Chicken Little is buying puts on sky! Either this will turn out to be the best bottom - capitulation in history  or it may be the end of history as we know it.  Sounds Dramatic - It Is.

More Bank Failures - Public Pissed - Professionals Pause 

As Washington Mutual crumbled into the arms of JP Morgan last week, Rumors are rampant that Wachovia Bank is on the edge. It’s amazing for me to talk to people from all walks of life and get their perspective on the current chapter of the financial crisis.

Three Perspectives

The general public:  is clueless, angry,  and scared -

The savvy and optimistic  financial investor:  believes that this is the best time to get in to the market and assures me that big money is sitting on the sidelines, starting to buy and waiting to buy more.

While others that have studied the deeper issues are looking at the current global picture and are telling me things that I prefer not to print.

Stay Tuned….

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