CI Newsletter

Issue 143 Assets Covered: ICE USD Index Futures (DX1), EUR/USD Rate, Russel 2000 Index (RTY), United States Dow Jones Stock Market Index (INDU)   Markets have been a bit tentative in October. After a 6% decline in September, the S&P 500 is up around 1.5% through mid-October. Markets are steady, but not strong in either […]

Issue 142 Assets Covered: COMEX Copper Futures, Copper (LME), USS&P 500 Stock Market Index, Germany DAX 30 Stock Market Index, ICE USD Index Futures, EUR/USD       2020 has wreaked havoc on economies globally. GDP plunged by double digits in most places. China was hit early, but most Western markets saw their worst slowdowns in March […]

Issue 141 Assets Covered: S&P 500 Futures, BTC/USD rate, Bitcoin, ETH/USD rate, Etherium, Shanghai Stock Exchange Composition Index   Right now, the result of the US presidential election is anybody’s guess. Six weeks is a long time in politics. We’re not political forecasters, so we won’t bore or annoy you with our election prediction (whew). […]

Issue 140     As we enter the final stretch of 2020 (finally!), it’s time to prepare for 2021.   We’re all hoping for a little less drama in 2021, but the near-term future looks mixed. Although stock markets are near all-time highs, corporate bankruptcies are at a 10-year high and more than 200,000 companies […]

Issue 139 Assets Covered: WTI crude oil futures, NYMEX gasoline futures, NYMEX natural gas futures   The energy sector has had a rough year. Remember when WTI crude traded above $63 in early January? Good times. Just a few months later, WTI’s breathtaking fall to -$37.63 (that’s negative) underscored just how much pain markets felt […]

Issue 138 Assets Covered: Soybean Futures Continuous Contract, CBOT Corn Futures Countries Covered: China     This summer has seen dramatic storms in China with the worst flooding in more than 20 years. Cropland the size of the US state of West Virginia flooded with an estimated $21bn of economic damage.   40,000 buildings collapsed. […]

Issue 137 Assets Covered: E-mini Technology Sector Futures,  S&P/TSX Capped Information Technology Index Futures    The NASDAQ is trading at all-time highs above 11,000 for the first time this week. Things are so frothy that even Kodak has – somehow – been transformed from a boring, bankrupt photographic film company into a dynamic pharma company […]

Issue No. 136   Assets Covered: Down Jones Real Estate Futures, Russel 2000 Index, S&P Mid Cap 400 Index   Talks for a second U.S. stimulus package are underway, with the main contention between the Republican and Democratic parties being how much to spend. A stimulus may soften the economic blow in the short term, […]

Issue No. 135   Assets covered: EUR/USD, USD/CNY, USD Index Futures, USD/INR, USD/JPY   Talks in the US for a second stimulus are in the works and with low interest rates, this is helping markets to surge. Last week retail sales numbers came out with a 7.5% increase and Tuesday the EU was able to […]

Issue No. 134   Assets Covered: DAX 30 Stock Market Index, Dow Jones Stock Market Index, FTSE 100 Stock Market Index, India Sensex Stock Market Index, MSCI Thailand Stock Market Index, NASDAQ Stock Market Index, NIKKEI 225 Stock Market Index, NIFTY 50 Index, S&P 500 Stock Market Index   Earnings season is upon us, and […]