Futures Trading News & Research - December 2009 Daily Report

• December 31, 2009 - BP better on better than expected housing prices.  However, big trend remains negative.  Happy New Year!
• December 30, 2009 - Chicago-land Purchasing Manager's Index at 10 and Crude Inventories at 10:30
• December 29, 2009 - Sparse eco calendar this week
• December 28, 2009 - Markets continue to inch higher on a lack of aggressive sellers
• December 24, 2009 - Markets generally higher with the absence of aggressive sellers
• December 23, 2009 - Crude inventories at 10:30.  Trade is thin
• December 22, 2009 - The dollar remains strong going into year end
• December 21, 2009 - Stocks and bonds are better on economic optimism
• December 18, 2009 - Oil futures higher for its biggest weekly gain since October
• December 17, 2009 - Weekly jobless claims come in a bit more than forecast but below 500k
• December 16, 2009 - The crude inventories down 3.7 million barrels, unleaded gas  inventories up 900,000 barrels
• December 15, 2009 - Federal Open Market Committee meets for a two day meeting.  Communique is to be released around 2:15 today
• December 14, 2009 - Overnight, Abu Dhabi provides 10 billion to forestall a default by Nakheel PJSC
• December 10, 2009 - Today is a rollover day for stock index futures
• December 8, 2009 - German industrial production drops unexpectedly and wholesale inventory numbers out at 10
• December 7, 2009 - Much lower than unemployment number seeding the idea that the recession might be over
• December 4, 2009 - The unemployment number came in much lower than expected   Dollar is higher while gold crushes
• December 2, 2009 - Crude inventory numbers out at 10:30 and the Beige book from the Fed at 2:00
• December 1, 2009 - Gold cracks 1200 overnight and Australia raises rates for the 3rd consecutive month

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