tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646858724971284932024-10-02T07:46:08.997-05:00Economic Calendar, economic data, financial news, stock market, stock trading, financial news, economic news, fed announcments, economic events, financial data, financial calendarTraderJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663245678941441757noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864685872497128493.post-55734531944790542772011-09-04T13:11:00.001-05:002011-09-04T13:13:10.358-05:00

There is no doubt that unemployment is one of the most popular topics in the media at the current moment. No wonder, as unemployment remains at high level since the stock market crash in 2008. Whatever the Government does (actually they have done nothing), nothing seems to reduce the number of people without work. If the Government expects that the corporation start opening working places (at

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Are you looking for an online broker? Are you researching on how to start trading?Not sure whether you should trade?Most novice traders are confused with volume of the information about online trading and investing and in many cases you have to pay for that. The advice is go and GET THE INFO FROM a BROKER. You can get all the information needed for your stock market research for free and you can

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Consumer confidence dropped to the seven's month low while the consumer spending has hit ten months high. I was always under impression that consumers supposed to spend less when they are less confident, and they usually spend more when they more confident. I would say that overall we have good economic reports. Almost all current bad economic data (excluding unemployment) are narrowed to the

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The Standard & Poor's Case-Shriller U.S. National Home Price Index is updated on the monthly basis on the last Tuesday of each month at 9:00 AM ET and is a composite of single-family home price indices for the nine U.S. Census divisions. The Case-Shriller consists of 20 metropolitan area indices and two composite indices. The index is based on single-family home re-sales ( co-ops and condominiums

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Analysis of the financial reports has become quite popular among intraday traders. The fact that in many cases we may see increased volatility on the indexes (S&P 500, Russell 2000, Nasdaq 100, DJI, and etc) has attracted futures and options traders. Simple trading strategy of placing options spreads bet before an economic report release helps to achieve desired result. In order to properly make

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Key economic data for the last week of May 2010 starting May 24th, 2010.Economic Calendar key:Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.DateReleaseForConsensusPrior05/24/10 10:00 AMExisting Home SalesApr5.65M5.4M05/25/10 9:00 AMCase-Shiller 20-city IndexMar2.8%0.6%05/25/10 10:00 AMConsumer ConfidenceMay58.357.905/25/

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Key economic data for the third week of May 2010 starting April 17th, 2010. The coming week is an options expiration week. As a rule, during options expiration higher volatility could be expected.Economic Calendar key:Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.DateReleaseForConsensusPrior05/17/10 9:00 AMNet Long-Term

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Key economic data for the second week of May 2010 starting May 11th, 2010. There are no economic reports on Monday May 10, 2010Economic Calendar key:Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.DateReleaseForConsensusPrior05/11/10 10:00 AMWholesale InventoriesMar0.5%0.6%05/12/10 2:00 PMTreasury BudgetApr-$20.0B-$20.9B05/

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Key economic data for the First week of May 2010 starting may 3rd, 2010.Economic Calendar key:Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.DateReleaseForConsensusPrior05/03/10 2:00 PMAuto SalesApr4.2M4.3M05/03/10 2:00 PMTruck SalesApr4.6M4.8M05/03/10 8:30 AMPersonal IncomeMar0.3%0.0%05/03/10 8:30 AMPersonal

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Key economic data for the last week of April 2010 starting April 27th, 2010. There are no economic reports on April 26th, 2010.Economic Calendar key:Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.DateReleaseForConsensusPrior04/27/10 9:00 AMCase-Shiller 20-city Index (y/y)Feb1.1%-0.7%04/27/10 10:00 AMConsumer

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Key economic data for the third week of April 2010 starting April 19th, 2010. The coming week is not rich on economic reports.Economic Calendar key:Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.DateReleaseForConsensusPrior04/19/10 10:00 AMLeading IndicatorsMar1.0%0.1%04/21/10 10:30 AMCrude Inventories04/17NA-2.20M04/22/10

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Key economic data for the second week of April 2010 starting April 12th, 2010. The coming week is not rich on economic reports. Next week is an options expiration week.Economic Calendar key:Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.DateReleaseForConsensusPrior04/12/10 2:00 PMTreasury BudgetMar$67.5B-$191.6B04/13/10 8:

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Key economic data for the first week week of April 2010 starting April 5th, 2010. The coming week is not rich on economic reports.Economic Calendar key:Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.DateReleaseForConsensusPrior04/05/10 10:00 AMISM ServicesMar53.650.004/05/10 10:00 AMPending Home SalesFeb-1.0%-7.6%04/06/10

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Key economic data for the last week of March and first week of April 2010 starting March 29th, 2010. Economic Calendar key:Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.DateReleaseForConsensusPrior03/29/10 8:30 AMPersonal IncomeFeb0.1%0.1%03/29/10 8:30 AMPersonal SpendingFeb0.3%0.5%03/29/10 8:30 AMPCE Prices - CoreFeb0.1%

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Key economic data for the forth week of March 2010 starting March 23rd, 2010. There are no economic news on Monday March 22nd, 2010.Economic Calendar key:Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.DateReleaseForConsensusPrior03/23/10 10:00 AM Existing Home SalesFeb5.00M5.05M03/23/10 10:00 AMFHFA Home Price

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Philadelphia Fed Index is tracked by the Philadelphia Federal-Reserve Bank (headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and is based on the survey of voluntary participants regarding the direction of change in their overall business activities. This is a regional survey and it covers the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware regions. The survey measures regional manufacturing growth and covers

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Key economic data for the third  week of March 2010 starting March 15th, 2010. On Friday March 19, 2010 we have expiration of options. This week know as Triple Witching week, as options, index options and futures will expire during this week.Economic Calendar key:Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.Prior represents the last actual for each

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The Census Bureau releases the Retail Sales data that measure the merchandise sold by companies. The Retailed Sales report is published on monthly basis and is considered as an indicator of the U.S. economy. It includes all retail operations (for cash or credit at retail or wholesale) in the nation, from Wal-Mart to the local bookstore.The Retail Sales Data measures the amount of goods being sold

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Key economic data for the second week of March 2010 starting March 8th, 2010. The coming week is not rich on economic reports.Economic Calendar key:Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator.Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.DateReleaseForConsensusPrior03/10/10 2:00 PMTreasury BudgetFeb-$210.0B-$42.6B03/10/10 10:00 AMWholesale InventoriesJan0.2%-0.8%03

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In January 2005, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) introduced a new series of reports to overcome the lagging effect of the existing home sales definition. The new report is called Pending Home Sales and is published on monthly basis (first week of the month). The Pending Home Sales data are based on sales of existing homes where the contract has been signed (house was sold on paper) but

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Key economic data for the First week of March 2010 starting March 1st, 2010. Futures, options and index options will expire in March. Economic Calendar key: Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator. Prior represents the last actual for each indicator.DateReleaseForConsensusPrior 03/01/10 8:30 AMPersonal IncomeJan0.4%0.4% 03/01/10 8:30 AMPersonal SpendingJan0.4%0.2%

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New Home Sales statistics report is published by the United States Census Bureau on monthly basis. The report covers the number of sales of newly constructed residences in the United States of America and is considered as an economical indicator of the economy's health. The new Home Sales numbers are sensitive to the consumer income. As a rule, in growing economy when the consumers average

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Key economic data for the forth week (last week) of February 2010 starting February 23th, 2010. There are no economic reports on Monday February 22nd, 2010. Last week FED announcement of rate increase to 0.75% did not affect the sentiment on the stock market. Economic Calendar key: Consensus represents the market consensus estimate for each indicator. Prior represents the last actual for each

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The Building Permits is a leading economic indicator tracked by U.S. Census Bureau that is used to track the housing industry. While the statistics is used by local governments and organizations to receive valuable information about local community, the data are used by the Census Bureau for annual creation of population estimates.The Building Permits (also known as Constructions Permits)

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Key economic data for the third week (last week) of February 2010 starting February 16th, 2010. This is a short week - only four trading session. On Monday February 15, 2010 the U.S. stock market will be closed due to the President's Day. This week is the options expiration week as well. On Friday February 20, 2010 U.S. February's options will expire. Keep in mind that starting from

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