As we approach the 4th and final quarter of 2012 coupled with the Bernanke floor thanks to the unlimited buying of mortgage backed securities banks like JP Morgan (JPM, quote), Wells Fargo (WFC, quote) and Bank of America (BAC, quote) should do well especially with large funds chasing for performance going into year end.
Welcome to today’s Morning Coffee Break – traders had a case of Deja vu yesterday as the U.S. markets traded similar to last week ahead of the European Central Bank (ECB) and U.S Federal Reserve meetings. U.S. futures are indicating a positive opening today with the Dow Jones fair value of 30.36, S&P 500 fair value of 2.33 and the NASDAQ’s fair value currently at 5.37.
Crude oil continue to moved lower in today’s session on fear of global economic growth and worries about Spanish debt crisis spinning out of control. Energy traders as well traders of growth commodities became cautious on Monday when Federal Reserve Bank of New York index was reported to have fallen to -10.4 for the month of September hitting a 3 year low. The previous months reading was -5.8 with analysts’
Breaking News – Federal Express Earnings.
Welcome to today’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S futures are indicating a lower open with fair value for the Dow Jones at -23.10, S&P 500 at -2.24 and the NASDAQ fair value at -5.84. Market participants will get to hear from two Federal Reserve officials throughout the day today.
Cheniere Energy (LNG, quote) has been on trek higher since June 4th drop with the last 8 session flying much higher as the U.S. looks to natural gas as a bridge fuel.
Welcome to today’s Morning Coffee Break – On the first day of trading this week traders are waking up to lower futures in the U.S. stock indexes after last week’s rally sparked by the Federal Reserve’s aggressive new round of quantitative (QE3) easing last week Thursday.
Below are Monday’s trending equities ahead of the opening bell.
Gold price continued its climb higher for a second day after Federal Reserve announcement of third round of quantitative easing which weakens the U.S. dollar and in turn strengthen gold’s price as traders look for safety. The FMOC’s announcement of QE3 was more aggressive than most analysts were anticipating with a plan to purchase 40 billion USD in mortgage backed securities on a ongoing unlimited fashion until the U.S. economy
WTI Crude Oil prices crossed the $100 market for the first time since May 3rd on 3 catalysts ranging from the Federal Reserve’s announcement of an aggressive QE3 to the unrest in the Middle East and North Africa. September Crude Oil contracts traded as high as $100.42 before pull back under the $100 level to $99.50 on possible profit taking going into the weekend, however, remains well supported as tensions
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