Commodity Futures Trading News & Research - October 2009 Daily Report

• October 30, 2009 - Advance GDP came in at 3.5% yesterday, better than expected
• October 29, 2009 - Equities up, bonds down and initial jobless claims comes in at -1k. 
• October 28, 2009 - Dollar is better against other currencies, gold defensive
• October 27, 2009 - Consumer Confidence number out today, falling gold futures price driving a weaker dollar
• October 26, 2009 - Technical considerations should define trading today
• October 23, 2009 - Existing home sales number comes out today and the Fed chairman is speaking about the general health of the banking system
• October 22, 2009 - China grows at 8.9% but a downgrade for Wells yesterday put a damper on the stock market
• October 21, 2009 - Markets seem to be catching their breath worldwide in front of oil inventories
• October 20, 2009 - Caterpillar, Apple and Texas Instruments beat earnings estimate driving stock futures higher
• October 19, 2009 - More than 130 companies are reporting earnings this week
• October 16, 2009 - GE and BOA are trading lower and Michigan Consumer Sentiment comes out at 9:55
• October 15, 2009 - Currency volatility is destabilizing and the EuroCurrency comes off the highs
• October 14, 2009 - Gold trades to a new high and dollar weakens overnight again
• October 13, 2009 - German consumer confidence drops, gold traded higher into 1068
• October 12, 2009 - The perception of better world economic performance lifts equity and crude futures
• October 9, 2009 - US Dollar futures gain some fraction on Fed chairman's talk on higher short term interest rate
• October 8, 2009 - Gold Futures continue to go higher on momentum trade and weaker dollar
• October 7, 2009 - Aussie raises rates while BOE wants to devalue
• October 6, 2009 - Australia raises rates, encouraging some market sectors to believe that the jobless recovery is set to continue
• October 3, 2009 - Dollar weakens after G-20 meeting, unemployment came in at 9.8% worse than expected
• October 2, 2009 - Unemployment about 100k worse than estimated at 9.8%
• October 1, 2009 - Tomorrow's unemployment report will be the focus of the week

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