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Erica Villalon Trade Desk: Dow Higher

    http://www.folkd.com/user/ericavillalon The Dow climbed higher Thursday, led by gains in technology ahead of earnings from big tech, while positive economic data helped eased worries about the pace of recovery amid a surge in coronavirus cases. The  Dow Jones Industrial Average  rose 0.75%, or 199 points. The  S&P 500  was up 1.36%, while the  Nasdaq Composite  gained 1.78%. FAANG, with the exception of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX ), led tech higher as bargain-hunting investors appeared to swoop in for big tech stocks following a rout a day earlier.   Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ), Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN ), Google-parent Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL ) and Facebook (NASDAQ: FB ), all of which report earnings after the bell, traded in the green. Facebook was up more than 5% as investors bet the social media giant is set to report a solid quarter of earnings following impressive quarterly results from its social media peers including Snap (NYSE: SNAP ) a...

  Erica Villalon Trading Desk   Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Tuesday as investors were hopeful of more stimulus from Washington, with Senate Republicans preparing to vote on a bill to help small businesses hammered by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ( DJI ) rose 50.43 points, or 0.18%, at the open to 28,245.85. The S&P 500 ( SPX ) opened higher by 12.46 points, or 0.36%, at 3,439.38, while the Nasdaq Composite ( IXIC ) gained 52.95 points, or 0.46%, to 11,531.83 at the opening bell. http://www.folkd.com/user/ericavillalon

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https://sites.google.com/site/ericavillalonforex/ The three main stock indexes were headed for their worst week since mid-March as hopes of a quick recovery were doused by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's somber outlook on the economy and leading U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci's warning that the virus was not yet under control. Economic readings continued to reflect the pain caused by the pandemic, as data showed 2.98 million Americans filed for state unemployment benefits last week, higher than economists' estimates. However, this marked the sixth straight weekly drop in jobless claims, since topping 6 million in the final week of March. The focus now turns to retail sales data on Friday that will reflect the impact of stay-at-home orders on the U.S. consumer in April.

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US Futures Point Higher ahead of Jobless Claims... https://ericavillalon.com/2020/04/02/us-futures-point-higher-crude-gains/

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Market Drivers March 17, 2020 Futures turn negative-UK labor data mixed Nikkei -0.06% Dax -3.05% UST 10Y 0.79% Oil $28/bbl Gold $1473/oz BTCUSD $5228 North America  CAD Manufacturing Sales 8:30 USD JOLTS 10:00 More news @ https://tt.wordpress.com/tag/erica-villalon/ After a rebound in Asia trade that saw US futures locked limit up, equity markets began to sell off once again as investor sentiment once again turned sour. The mood in Europe remained grim with Italy, Spain, and France on virtual lockdowns as governments tried to maintain social distancing that has brought almost all but the essential economic activity to a halt. At this point, investors are essentially flying blind as the length of the containment is uncertain and the economic impact of the health measures could be catastrophic. In US, for example, companies have enough cash on hand for about 60 days of payroll – but that figure applies only to the largest corporations rather than the 80% of small and medium-...

US Dollar Drifts Higher.. The dollar drifted higher against developed-market peers but gave up gains against emerging currencies in early trading in Europe on Friday, as the market digested the Federal Reserve’s pledge to inject $1.5 trillion in reserves into the financial system late on Thursday. The Fed also announced that its already-scheduled injection of reserves through T-bill purchases would now take place along the whole Treasury yield curve, in an effort to ease budding liquidity problems in the world’s benchmark risk-free asset. Analysts described that move as the start of “QE4” – a fresh round of quantitative easing that President Donald Trump has already called for. By 5:30 AM ET (0930 GMT), the dollar index , which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, was essentially flat at 97.45. It was up 1.3% against the Japanese yen at 105.95 and unchanged against the safe haven S http://ericavillalon.str...

The British pound took center stage again on Tuesday, rising sharply against the dollar and euro on renewed speculation of a deal to allow the U.K. to leave the EU smoothly at the end of the month. By 3 AM ET, GBP/USD was at $1.2667, up 0.5%, while EUR/GBP was at 0.8715, down 0.3%. The latest wave of optimism was fueled by comments from the EU’s top negotiator Michel Barnier, who told reporters that a deal at a summit at the end of the week “is still possible”. “I will debrief the EU 27 ministers as usual and just to tell them where we are, where we stand today,” newswires quoted Barnier as saying. “Our team(s) are working hard, and work has just started now today, this work has been intense over the weekend and yesterday, because even if the agreement will be difficult, more and more difficult, to be frank, it is still possible this week,” Barnier added. Barnier has repeatedly stressed the gap between the U.K.’s rhetoric and its ability to deliver effec...

Stocks set to open mixed, bonds consolidate after fall U.S. stock markets were set to open flat to lower after the disappointing news from China. Futures had ticked up earlier after a tweet from the editor of a Chinese newspaper raised hopes for more encouraging news. By 6 AM ET, Dow Futures were up 0.1%, while the S&P 500 Futures contract was effectively unchanged and the Nasdaq 100 Futures contract was down less than 0.1%. The news also caused European markets to trim earlier gains.  The news also stabilized bond yields which had corrected sharply upward on Tuesday. The 30-Year Treasury bond yield was at 2.20%, down from an overnight high of 2.22%, while the 10-year note yield was at 1.72%, down from a four-week high of 1.74%..   US FX Open Notes are posted  https://ericavillalonfx.blogspot.com/2019/09/us-market-open-notes.html Market Daily thoughts have been moved to  http://www.authorstream.com/ericavillalon/ Happy Tuesday and don't ...

Wall Street's main indexes rose on Monday as U.S. President Donald Trump eased his stance on trade with China, calming investor nerves after an intense feud between the world's top two economies last week sent stocks tumbling. Shares of tariff-sensitive companies rose in response, with Apple Inc's (O: AAPL ) 2% gain boosting technology stocks ( SPLRCT ), while a 1.1% rise in  Boeing Co  (N: BA ) lifted the Dow Jones Industrial Average ( DJI ). Chipmakers, which heavily rely on China for their revenue, rose, with the Philadelphia Semiconductor index ( SOX ) adding 1.2%. Trump said on Monday Beijing had contacted Washington overnight to say it wanted to return to the negotiating table, adding that talks between the two countries were "more meaningful" than any time. The U.S. president also said he was confident that China was sincere about wanting a trade deal with the United States. If you are impatiently trying to force trades, it is always best to eith...