November 5, 2019 * Currencies couldn’t add to their Friday gains on Monday * Christine Lagarde steps into the bucket… Good Day… And a Tom Terrific Tuesday to you! No baseball! What’s baseball rat like me to do? Well, I continued reading the two books I’m into right now, and I watched a little TV, … Continue reading “The U.S. Prints A Negative Factory Orders, But The Dollar Rallies?”
November 4, 2019 * Currencies react favorably to the suspect Jobs report * Gold trades in the same clothes Thursday & Friday… Good day… And a Marvelous Monday to you! And Welcome to November… Brovember, for some… A couple of years ago, I was in S. Florida for the first 3 weeks of November, and … Continue reading “Why Did The BLS Add So Many Jobs?”
Rocktober 31, 2019 * Currencies & metals both rally on the rate cut news! * Chinese PMI’s sink further into contraction territory… Good Day… And a Tub Thumpin’ Thursday to you! And Boo! It’s Halloween! I remember quite a few years ago now, when I was in New Orleans for a Conference, and was having … Continue reading “Fed Cuts Rates, But Indicates It Will Pause Now…”
Rocktober 30, 2019 * Currencies trade steady Eddie on Tuesday… * Gold & Silver keep their back and forth pattern in place… Good Day… And a Wonderful Wednesday to you! I went through a battery of tests yesterday, and still have one more next week before I know the real story with the blood flow … Continue reading “It’s A FOMC Day!”
Rocktober 28, 2019 * Currencies and metals rally on Thursday… * But fail to add to gains on Friday! Good day… And a Marvelous Monday to you! A weekend that went so fast, that I kept thinking yesterday was Monday already! Friday I started a fire in our outdoor fire pit, and stayed out by … Continue reading “U.S. Economic Data Continues To Print Weak!”
Rocktober 24, 2019 * Currencies and metals drift again on Wednesday… * German employment drops! Good Day… and a Tub Thumpin’ Thursday to you! Well, I was off on my thought yesterday that the Blues would play again on Wednesday night… They play tonight! But good friend, Mike K., saw that mistake I made and … Continue reading “The Fed Increases Their Injections Into The Repo Market!”
Rocktober 23, 2019 * Currencies give back more of their Friday gains… * Fed interjects nearly $100 Billion… this is getting crazy! Good Day… And a Wonderful Wednesday to you! The World Series began last night, and the Nationals did something that few teams have been able to do… they hit Astros pitcher, Garret Cole…. … Continue reading “U.K. Parliament Says “NO” On BREXIT Deal…”
Rocktober 22, 2019 * Currencies can’t hold or add to their Friday gains… * The growth of Treasury Issuance is to blame… Good Day… And a Tom Terrific Tuesday to you! Well, little Evie, my darling granddaughter came home on Sunday, and made a trip to the doc on Monday, and she’s fine! Newborn babies … Continue reading “JPMorgan Says The Illiquidity Mess Is Only Going To Get Worse!”
Rocktober 21, 2019 * No ironed out BREXIT Deal yet, but sterling keeps rallying! * Have traders decided to sell dollars outright? Good Day… And a Marvelous Monday to you! Oh, woe is me… What a horrible weekend, sports wise, for me this past weekend… Both my Missouri Tigers and St. Louis Blues lost on … Continue reading “Negative Data Prints Sends The Dollar To The Woodshed…”