Emini Futures Trading / SP 1300 In Focus
from the trading desk of CFRN
Retail traders leave your opinions at the door! Next stop 1300
On the economic front today we had a few things that rocked the boat. Weekly Unemployment claims missed the mark, claims jumped +35,000 last week to the 445,000 level or a 2 month high. The Producer Price Index or (PPI) reported an uptick in wholesale prices of 1.1% in December (no kidding???- heck my babysitter is asking for more money). Last night the BOE and ECB left rates unchanged as widely predicted and Bernanke at an FDIC forum says he sees lending to small business picking up this year. Now that our minds are filled with this fundamental information, what does that mean and how do we use this to our advantage?