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What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.32%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.41%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.25%. Stocks are mildly lower this morning as central bank...

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Fed Chair Powell, in his semi-annual testimony to Congress earlier this week, reiterated the Fed’s hawkish theme that the Fed will likely need to push rates even higher to address the inflation threat. The FOMC, at its meeting last week, released its updated dot plot showing that the median forecast...

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What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Thursday rose by +0.37%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) fell by -0.01%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) rose by +1.18%. U.S. stocks saw support Thursday from a rally in...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Thursday rose by +0.33% due to hawkish global central banks and a +7.4 bp rise in the 10-year T-note yield to 3.793%. The dollar also saw support from U.S. economic reports that were mildly stronger than expected overall. EUR/USD (^EURUSD ) fell by -0.27%,...

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.16%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.16%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.65%. U.S. stocks have overcome early losses and are trading...

Morning Markets September E-Mini S&P 500 futures (ESU2 3) this morning are down -0.22%, and Sep Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU2 3) are down -0.24%. U.S. stock index futures are trading lower after the Bank of England today surprised the markets with a +50 bp rate hike to 5.00% to...

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Wednesday fell -0.52%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) fell -0.30%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) fell -1.35%. U.S. stocks on Wednesday fell after Fed Chair Powell, in his semi-annual...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Wednesday fell -0.46% on bearish technical sentiment, with the dollar index knocking on the door of last week’s 5-week low. The forex market remains focused on monetary policy differentials, with the ECB and Bank of England continuing to raise interest rates while the Fed...

Fed Chair Powell today presented his semi-annual testimony before the House Financial Services Committee. Mr. Powell will appear Thursday before the Senate Banking Committee and repeat his prepared testimony, although he will answer different questions from panel members. Mr. Powell’s prepared statement today was in line with his comments last...