Anyone knows the ratio of Oil imports to other imported goods? Based on the last Retail Sales, pump sales accounts to 25% of the retail sales and with that brought Retails Sales down. SO, if pump accounted to 25% of Retail Sales, and assuming that ...

US Trade balance today

What do you mean "Weaker" than normal? Thats the problem when talking with negative numbers; when yuo say "lower than -65B", mathematically it means -70B, -75B....

US Trade balance today

China has been purchasing a lot of Boeings lately. They ordered about 15 777s (as against A380) last month October. If im not mistaken, they ordered about same number last August too.

US Trade balance today

Why? Diversification Which movie outfit did they buy? MGM? Paramount? And then some music recording companies as well? This is why some are warning about the Yuan appreciation: "Be careful of what you wish for" 1) Goods you buy in Walmart will rise ...

One of the Most Important Articles You Will See

I came up with a tabulation of UK's CPI, and projected 12 month CPI. Jan 1 -0.50 -0.50 -6.00 Feb 2 0.30 -0.20 -1.20 Mar 3 0.20 0.00 0.00 Apr 4 0.60 0.60 1.80 May 5 0.50 1.10 2.64 Jun 6 0.30 1.40 2.80 Jul 7 -0.10 1.30 2.23 Aug 8 0.40 1.70 2.55 Sep 9 ...

London Calling: The BoE Rate Decision

Does anyone knows the major countries US is trading with? Perhaps, we can research and predict a "trade balance" by looking at individual country's trade balance sheets - IF they publish their sheets earlier than US. We know China is the major trade ...

US Trade balance today

The deleted text was not about the news service.. it was an argumentative political statement I said that is not concerned with the above news... you can ask FXOpportunist who have read and replied to it reminding me how "bad" my statement could ...

Reaction to the election.

Something from FXCM's Squawk Box: Near/Mid term EURGBP Bearish Mid/Long Term Term GBPUSD Bullish

Reaction to the election.

I missed the move by 10 seconds! oh well no worry, no hurry... there are other news to trade for the day...

NZD and AUD Employment Reports

i subscribed to a news service... text deleted... out of topic and argumentative

Reaction to the election.

That dive (USD BULL) was attributed to broker stop hunting. Whenever you hear that, you know it will rise up again. I missed buying gbpusd at 1.9010 when it dipped that much... my earlier limit buy at 1.9040 was triggered and exited at 1.9060 for a ...

Reaction to the election.

Democrats is gaining some grounds... 3 more "pickups" needed and they control the upper house! . . . Its now R44 vs D43 at the senate.

Reaction to the election.

From my experience: FXCM either slips you or delay execution of your order (@ your price) but not both. GFT will slip and delay execution (2-5 minutes) to make sure you get the worse price and when the market has already reversed! Talk with other ...

FXCM Discussion

According to CNN, it appears to me that Republicans may end with a clear win at the Senate (needing only 8 votes to bag majority).. Lower house is still up for grabs though.

Reaction to the election.

Nov 28 2006 Durable Goods Orders: -8.3% V -5.0%E Durables ex Transportation: -1.7% V 0.4%E

Historic Charts: US Durable Goods

Oct 26, 2006 Durable Goods Orders: 7.8% V 1.5%E Durables ex Transportation: 0.1% V 1.0%E

Historic Charts: US Durable Goods

good thing I stood aside.. its a double looser if you straddled.

AUD: Interest rate decision

Heads up! url When the market expected a raise, the pair did not move much. But when the market did not expect a raise, it zooms like a dragsters. What it means is, when it is expected, it is already priced in.

AUD: Interest rate decision

Something to ponder: Interpretation: More money is pouring into Australia = AUD Bullish Large Money is pouring into Canada = Very CAD Bullish Japan is putting their money away from Japan = JPY Bearish Large Europe investments into UK = very EURGBP ...

$ For The Week of 11/6-With Trade Ideas

MY brother said the same thing.. He told me that with the US election, democrats is expected to win and control both houses making Bush a lame duck president who may not be able to pass any economic bills. I did not buy that as I dont know how it ...

London Calling: The BoE Rate Decision