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Benzinga Market Primer: Thursday, February 14
Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 7:17am | 825Read More...Futures Lower Following Eurozone GDP U.S. equity futures traded lower in early trade following weak GDP data from eurozone nations released overnight for the fourth quarter. Eurozone GDP fell 0.6 percent in the fourth quarter, worse than expectations of a decline of 0.4 percent and below the...
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Benzinga Market Primer: Wednesday, February 13
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 7:24am | 863Read More...Futures Flat Ahead of G20 U.S. equity futures were relatively unchanged overnight ahead of the much anticipated G20 Summit. Also, investors eye earnings from many U.S. companies today. Top News In other news around the markets: Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) investors look set to try to block the proposed...
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Benzinga Market Primer: Monday, February 11
Monday, February 11, 2013 - 7:20am | 754Read More...Futures Rise, Eyeing European Politics U.S. equity futures rose in early Monday trading as the S&P 500 closed last week at its highest level since 2007. Futures rose on hopes that European leaders would agree on new aid for Cyprus and reach new agreements on Greece's bailout. However, fears...
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Benzinga Market Primer, Monday, December 31: New Year's Eve Edition
Monday, December 31, 2012 - 8:07am | 797Read More...Futures Indicate Lower Open on Imminent Cliff U.S. equity futures were higher but the Futures-Fair Value was lower, indicating a lower open for Wall Street Monday. Late Friday, futures crashed as investors feared that politicians were heading into the weekend neither with a deal nor a framework...
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Benzinga's Political Roundup June 22, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 11:58am | 98Read More...G-20 farm ministers may dub this “the century of hunger” unless they can agree to new rules on food supply. Bank of England policymakers discussed a second round of quantitative easing, as they believe Britain's economic outlook is getting worse. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou won a...
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Sarkozy Thinks Commodity Regulation Will Solve Price Problems
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 1:41pm | 418Read More...French President Nicolas Sarkozy spoke on Tuesday at the European Union's headquarters in Brussels. In his speech, he called for tighter controls on derivatives trading in commodity markets. Sarkozy remarked that the world had worked hard to restore economic growth after the global financial...
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A Currency Forex Traders Might be Ignoring
Thursday, June 9, 2011 - 1:14pm | 525Read More...East Asia has been a hotbed for economic growth in the last few decades. Investors have been lured by prospects of investing in Korea, China, and India. Certainly, the economic growth in these countries has been remarkable, and potentially profitable. However, there may be one country the...
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G20 Agrees to Trade Monitoring, Gradual Currency Moves
Friday, November 12, 2010 - 11:27am | 232Read More...The Group of 20 leaders, meeting in Seoul, South Korea, said that nations would monitor and fix large trade imbalances as they're identified and allow gradual currency moves. "Uneven growth and widening imbalances are fueling the temptation to diverge from global solutions into uncoordinated...
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Readout of Meeting Between U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner and European Commissioner Michael Barnier
Friday, October 29, 2010 - 3:14pm | 451Read More...U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and European Commissioner Michel Barnier met today and reaffirmed their strong determination to continue cooperating closely in strengthening the global financial system and in promoting and putting in place the G-20 financial reform agenda. They reiterated the...
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Playing The G20 (UUP, GLD)
Friday, October 22, 2010 - 12:04pm | 174Read More...The G20 is this weekend, and traders are anxious to see what comes out of it, regarding the potential currency war that is going on right now. Tim Geithner sent a letter before the start of the G20 requesting that they "commit refrain from exchange rate policies designed to achieve competitive...
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G20 Meeting Does Little to Support Dollar (FXE, FXY, FXB)
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 9:22am | 301Read More...Following the G20 meeting in Toronto, Canada this past weekend, the dollar was lower against most major currencies on Monday. Despite assurances by global leaders that necessary budget cuts will be enacted, many investors remain skeptical of recovery and growth in the near-term. Participating...
