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Daily Price Action: E-mini S&P 500

By Al Brooks | February 9, 2018

Al Brooks provides bar-by-bar analysis on a five-minute chart of the previous day’s prices action in the E-mini S&P 500. This is his analysis for Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018.

Crude: Iran on notice

By Phil Flynn | February 2, 2017

Crude oil prices are showing signs of breaking out to the upside as U.S. oil production falls for the second month in a row despite the following: expectations for an increase, OPEC record compliance to oil production cuts and because of a harder line on Iran by the Trump Administration.

How Trump may actually "make America('s stock market) great again"

By Matt Weller | November 11, 2016

Before the election, there were dire predictions about a Donald Trump presidency may mean for the US stock market, with some prognosticators calling for a -7% (seven sigma!) drop on the first day. Those grim forecasts appeared on point on election night, when U.S. markets were halted limit down (-5%) at one point overnight.

UK inflation surprise not a game changer

By Craig Erlam | August 16, 2016

The UK inflation figures were stronger than anticipated, with headline CPI rising at a 0.6% rate rather than 0.5% that had been widely expected. The impact of Brexit was very clear as a significantly weaker pound caused the price of goods and raw materials purchased by manufacturers to soar. The 3.3% month-over-month jump in PPI input was much stronger than 0.6% expected, but it looks like most of the costs were absorbed by manufacturers as factory gate prices only rose 0.3% on the month.

Fear trades

By Phil Flynn | May 28, 2015

Crude oil prices are at a critical juncture after the U.S. dollar hit a one-month high against the euro and a 12-year high against the yen as traders looked for safe haven on fears that Greece might default and on worries that the Fed might be closer to raising interest rates.

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