July 2008 Blog Posts (16)

weekly unemployment numbers.

In the week ending July 26, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 448,000, an increase of 44,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 404,000. The 4-week moving average was 393,000, an increase of 11,000 from the previous week's revised average of 382,000.

The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.5 percent for the week ending July 19, an increase of 0.2 percentage point from the prior week's unrevised rate of 2.3… Continue

Added by Adam Horak on July 31, 2008 at 9:58am — No Comments

JDfn Daily Digest - July 31, 2008

The U.S. economy expanded less than expected in the second quarter as the burden from housing and rising unemployment thwarted the impact of federal tax rebate checks. Gross Domestic Product grew at a 1.9 percent annualized rate after expanding 0.9 percent in the first quarter. The report also showed a recession may have begun in the final three months of 2007.

The Labor Department reported that the number of applications for initial jobless benefits soared to 448,000, which is an… Continue

Added by Jack Lott on July 31, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments

JDfn Daily Digest - July 30, 2008

The ADP employment index showed that U.S. private-sector employment rose by 9,000 in July. Adding in some 20,000 government workers typically hired in a given month, the index suggests U.S. non-farm payrolls rose by about 30,000 in July which the government will release Friday morning. Economists are expecting a loss of 70,000.

According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, mortgage application volume tumbled 14.1 percent during the week ending July 25th, hitting its lowest level of… Continue

Added by Jack Lott on July 30, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

US Economic Calendar

The Employment Report/non farm payroll

• Importance (A-F): This release merits an A.

• Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.

• Release Time: First Friday of the month at 8:30 ET for the prior month

• Raw Data Available At: http://stats.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.toc.htm.

The employment report is actually two separate reports which are the results of two separate surveys. The household survey is a survey of roughly 60,000 households. This survey… Continue

Added by Adam Horak on July 29, 2008 at 1:19pm — No Comments

The Business of Trading

The Business of Trading

Starting Your Business

Now that you are a trader, you should always be on the lookout for ways to increase your returns. In addition to increasing the actual returns you make on trades, you should also look for ways your trading can make or save you money.

In reality, it doesn’t matter where your income or profit comes from as long as your cash increases at the end of each month. This is what I refer to as the business of… Continue

Added by Adam Horak on July 29, 2008 at 12:08pm — No Comments

JDfn Daily Digest - July 29, 2008

Barack Obama will meet with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. The two are expected to discuss the current credit crisis and Obama's plans to enforce tougher oversight of financial institutions if he is elected president. Obama is also scheduled to speak to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson by phone today.

U.S. chain store sales rose 1.2% in the first three weeks of July compared with the previous month. The index's rise was milder than the targeted 1.4% increase. The index also… Continue

Added by Jack Lott on July 29, 2008 at 10:33am — No Comments

JDfn Daily Digest - July 28, 2008

Toyota lowered its global vehicle sales plan for this year to 9.5 million vehicles -- which is down from 9.85 million -- as the listless North American market slows the automaker's momentum.

Emirates Airlines have taken delivery of its first of 58 A380 super jumbo jets from AirBus and said it has signed up to buy another 60 aircraft from the European plane manufacturer.

Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, which gained fame by taking RJ Reynolds private two decades… Continue

Added by Jack Lott on July 28, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments

James Dicks FOREX Newsletter - July 2008

The Value of Calculated Risk

By James Dicks

If you have become a successful investor, you already know that taking a well-planned and deliberate risk is a key factor in reaching your goals. While it might sound a little intimidating, it is an essential part of investing, entrepreneurship and life itself. Think about it – we all take a big risk just getting up in the morning but if we decided to just lie around all day we would never accomplish anything. It takes some type of… Continue

Added by Jack Lott on July 25, 2008 at 4:00pm — No Comments

JDfn Daily Digest - July 25, 2008

Stronger demand for primary metals, machinery and electronics pushed orders for U.S.-made durable goods up 0.8% in June. Excluding the 2.6% decrease in transportation goods orders rose 2.0%, the sharpest gain since last December and was the largest increase in total orders since February. The increase was much more than anticipated and was mostly related to increased defense spending.

The consumer sentiment index from the University of Michigan hit 61.2 in July, that’s up from an… Continue

Added by Jack Lott on July 25, 2008 at 3:03pm — No Comments

JDfn Daily Digest - July 24, 2008

The Labor Department reported that first-time claims for initial unemployment benefits rose to the highest level since late March in the latest week. The number of initial claims in the latest reporting period rose 34,000 to 406,000. The consensus forecast was for claims to increase to 380,000.

The National Association of Realtors reported that sales of existing homes fell by 2.6 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.86 million units. That's more than double… Continue

Added by Jack Lott on July 25, 2008 at 3:02pm — No Comments

Economic releases for week of Aug 1

Sun

Jul 27 6:45pm NZD Trade Balance -0.50B -0.20B

8:00pm AUD Leading Index m/m 0.3%

9:30pm AUD NAB Quarterly Business Confidence -4

Mon

Jul 28 2:00am EUR German Consumer Confidence 3.5 3.9

12:00pm USD FOMC Member Mishkin Speaks

6:45pm NZD Building Consents m/m -42.3%

7:30pm JPY Overall Household Spending y/y 2.8% -3.2%

7:30pm JPY Unemployment Rate 4.0% 4.0%

7:50pm JPY Retail Sales y/y -0.2% 0.3%

Tue

Jul 29 All Day EUR German… Continue

Added by Adam Horak on July 25, 2008 at 12:33pm — No Comments

US durable goods.

A strong reading on durable goods orders may prove to be exactly what the greenback needed to strengthen against most majors during the U.S session.

U.S. durable goods orders rose unexpectedly in June, as autos posted their largest monthly gain in almost a year, the Commerce Department said on Friday.

Total new durables orders rose 0.8% in June after rising 0.1% in the prior month. Excluding transportation goods, new durable orders rose 2.0% after falling 0.5% in… Continue

Added by Adam Horak on July 25, 2008 at 9:22am — No Comments

weekly unemployment numbers.

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA

In the week ending July 19, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 406,000, an increase of 34,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 372,000. The 4-week moving average was 382,500, an increase of 4,500 from the previous week's revised average of 378,000.

The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.3 percent for the week ending July 12,… Continue

Added by Adam Horak on July 24, 2008 at 4:25pm — No Comments

federal board of governors Beige Book.

(reading through the Board of Governor notes inside the Beige Book, I am expecting the FED to remain on hold during the next FOMC meeting however of notice are the FED's concerns over inflation, I still believe we may see a rate hike by years end as a token gesture by the FED to try an ease the run up in inflationary pressures)

Reports from the twelve Federal Reserve Districts suggest that the pace of economic activity slowed somewhat since the last report. Five eastern Districts… Continue

Added by Adam Horak on July 23, 2008 at 2:12pm — 2 Comments

From the Desk of James Dicks

Hello to all you traders out there.

I wanted to take a brief moment and welcome you to this free online financial network community.

To be successful in trading it takes a network of likeminded traders with likeminded goals. This forum will help to provide an ongoing network that we can all learn from.

PremiereTrade is an organization with an outstanding team of associates that take ownership in what they do and all have a love for helping… Continue

Added by James Dicks on July 21, 2008 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Economic releases for week of July 25

Sun

Jul 20 6:45pm NZD Visitor Arrivals m/m 9.4%

All Day JPY Holiday: Marine Day

7:01pm GBP Rightmove House Price Index m/m -1.2%

9:30pm AUD PPI q/q 1.6% 1.9%

9:30pm AUD New Motor Vehicle Sales m/m -1.6%

11:00pm NZD Credit Card Spending y/y 5.9%

Mon

Jul 21 3:15am CHF PPI m/m 0.4% 1.2%

10:00am USD Leading Index m/m -0.1% 0.1%

7:50pm JPY All Industries Activity Index m/m 0.8%

Tue

Jul 22 2:15am CHF Trade Balance 1.87B

4:45am GBP BOE… Continue

Added by Adam Horak on July 18, 2008 at 2:03pm — No Comments