Posts tagged ‘Fed announcements’

ES Emini Day Trading: Pivot-Fed Announcements-Commentary

By trader7757, 16 December, 2009, No Comment

Tomorrow should be an interesting day, as I am sure the market will be keeping an eye on the jobless numbers. Along with the others indicators to be announced, especially if we get some mixed signals, the day might turn out a bit choppy.

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ES Emini Day Trading: Pivot-Fed Announcements-Commentary

By trader7757, 16 December, 2009, No Comment
ESZ9
For 12/16/2009
How To Use
Symbol R1 R2 Pivot S1 S2
ESZ9 1114.58 1120.42 1109.92 1104.08 1099.42

Fed and Fed Agency Announcements

Housing Starts
[Report][Star]8:30 AM ET
Current Account
[Report][Bullet8:30 AM ET

Consensus Analysis

MBA Purchase Applications
Released on 12/16/2009 7:00:00 AM For wk12/11, 2009
Prior Actual
Purchase Index – W/W Change 4.0 % -0.1 %

Highlights
MBA’s purchase index slipped 0.1 percent in the Dec. 11 week with the refinance index up 0.9 percent. Mortgage rates remain extremely low, at 4.92 percent for 30-year loans. Housing starts for November will be released at 8:30 ET this morning and are expected to show a gain following a drop in October.

Consumer Price Index
Released on 12/16/2009 8:30:00 AM For November, 2009
Prior Consensus Consensus Range Actual
CPI – M/M change 0.3 % 0.4 % 0.2 % to 0.6 % 0.4 %
CPI – Y/Y change -0.2 % 1.9 %
CPI less food & energy 0.2 % 0.1 % 0.1 % to 0.2 % 0.0 %
CPI less food & energy – Y/Y change 1.7 % 1.7 %

Highlights
The consumer price report for November was calming on most financial markets despite the rise in the headline number. Both the headline and core numbers were much less inflationary than yesterday’s scary PPI numbers. Headline consumer price inflation jumped 0.4 percent in November after gaining 0.3 percent the month before. The November headline matched the consensus forecast. Core CPI inflation-in contrast with yesterday’s core PPI run up-eased to 0.0 percent (no change) after a 0.2 percent increase in October. The consensus had called for a 0.1 percent rise.

The headline number was boosted mainly by a 4.1 percent surge in energy costs after a 1.5 percent gain in October. Gasoline was up 6.4 percent, following a 1.6 percent gain the month before. Food price inflation was soft in November with a 0.1 percent rise-the same as in October.

Within the core, declines in shelter indexes offset increases in costs for new and used motor vehicles, medical care, airline fares, and tobacco. Shelter costs declined 0.2 percent in the latest month, led by a 1.5 percent drop in lodging away from home. Owners’ equivalent rent dipped 0.1 percent. Hotels-including resorts-continued to engage in heavy discounting. High unemployment is keeping rent soft in general.

Year-on-year, headline inflation increased to plus 1.9 percent (seasonally adjusted) from minus 0.2 percent in October. The core rate was unchanged in November at up 1.7 percent. On an unadjusted year-ago basis, the headline number was up 1.8 percent in November while the core was up 1.7 percent.

Inflation is still high at the headline level but it is not as severe as earlier indicated by the PPI for November. A flat reading for the CPI core suggests that a sluggish economy is keeping underlying inflation tame for now.

Housing Starts
Released on 12/16/2009 8:30:00 AM For November, 2009
Prior Consensus Consensus Range Actual
Starts – Level – SAAR 0.529 M 0.575 M 0.540 M to 0.600 M 0.574 M
Permits – Level – SAAR 0.552 M 0.584 M

Highlights
Housing starts looked good for November but most of the gain was largely a comeback and then some in multifamily starts-a volatile component. The single-family component posted only a partial rebound. Construction companies picked up the pace of groundbreaking for new homes as housing starts in November rebounded 8.9 percent, following a revised 10.1 percent plummet in October. The November pace of 0.574 million units annualized came in right at the market forecast for 0.575 million units and was down 12.4 percent on a year-ago basis. The latest comeback was led by a 67.3 percent rebound in multifamily starts, following a sharp 29.5 percent plunge in October. Meanwhile the single-family component edged up 2.1 percent after a 7.1 percent fall the month before.

By region, the November rebound in starts was led by 16.4 percent rebound in the Northeast with gains also seen in the South, up 12.3 percent; Midwest, up 3.0 percent; and West, up 1.9 percent.

Homebuilders are modestly optimistic about ramping up the pace of construction as housing permits in November rebounded 6.0 percent after falling 4.2 percent in October. October’s pace of 0.552 million units annualized was down 24.3 percent on a year-ago basis.

Today’s housing starts report is good but should be seen in the context of October’s weak numbers. The two months together indicate that housing is in a slow recovery. The bad news is that the recovery is slow. But the good news is that the housing construction recovery is slow-anything more robust at this point would not be sustainable.

FOMC Meeting Announcement
Released on 12/16/2009 2:15:00 PM
Prior Consensus
Federal Funds Rate – Target Level 0 to 0.25 % 0 to 0.25 %

Market Consensus Before Announcement
The FOMC announcement for the December 15-16 FOMC policy meeting is expected to leave the fed funds target rate unchanged at a range of zero to 0.25 percent. However, traders will be watching to see if the “extended period” language is qualified with any additional wording regarding the future path of the fed funds rate. Traders also will look for updates on the Fed’s view of the recovery and on the Fed’s plan for unwinding balance sheet expansion.

ES Emini Day Trading: Pivot-Fed Announcements-Commentary

By trader7757, 14 December, 2009, No Comment

The producer price index increased 0.3 percent in October after dropping 0.6 percent the month before. The rise in the latest month was led a 1.6 percent boost in energy and a 1.6 percent gain also for food. But at the core level, the PPI rate unexpectedly dropped 0.6 percent, following a 0.1 percent dip in September.

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ES Emini Day Trading: Pivot-Fed Announcements-Commentary

By trader7757, 30 November, 2009, No Comment
ESZ9
For 12/01/2009
How To Use
Symbol R1 R2 Pivot S1 S2
ESZ9 1100.33 1105.92 1092.42 1086.83 1078.92

Fed and Fed Agency Announcement

Redbook
[Bullet8:55 AM ET
ISM Mfg Index
[Report][Star]10:00 AM ET

Charles Plosser Speaks
12:20 PM ET

In depth Consensus Reports

Motor Vehicle Sales
Released on 12/1/2009 For Nov, 2009
Prior Consensus Consensus Range
Domestic Vehicle Sales 7.9 M 7.75 M 7.50 M to 8.00 M

Market Consensus Before Announcement
Sales of domestic light motor vehicles in October rebounded 17.2 percent to 7.8 million units as sales returned to normal-at least for the current recovery. Combined sales of domestics and imports in rose to a 10.5 million annualized unit rate from 9.2 million in September. Now that the monthly swings from cash-for-clunkers have been wrung out from the data, November will stand out as a possibly true measure of the strength of demand for motor vehicles and of the viability of the consumer sector to a large degree

ISM Mfg Index
Released on 12/1/2009 10:00:00 AM For November, 2009
Prior Consensus Consensus Range
ISM Mfg Index – Level 55.7 55.0 53.8  to 56.0

Market Consensus Before Announcement
The composite index from the ISM manufacturing survey jumped more than 3 points in October to 55.7. This is the strongest for this index in more than three years. Showing the most improvement of the composite’s components was the production index which advanced over 7-1/2 points to 63.3. But we may see some leveling off in the composite index in November as the new orders index eased from 60.8 in September to 58.5 in October, but still remained well in positive territory. Price increases were steady in the month, showing little change at 65.0 compared to 63.5 in September.

Construction Spending
Released on 12/1/2009 10:00:00 AM For October, 2009
Prior Consensus Consensus Range
Construction Spending – M/M change 0.8 % -0.4 % -1.5 % to 0.3 %

Market Consensus Before Announcement
Construction spending was sharply higher than expected for September but a large downward revision to August was essentially offsetting. Overall construction spending advanced 0.8 percent in September after slipping a downwardly revised 0.1 percent in August. The decrease in August was now significantly lower than the original estimate of a 0.8 percent gain. The boost in spending in September was led by a 3.8 percent surge in private residential outlays. Private nonresidential declined 1.8 percent and public outlays decreased 0.1 percent in the latest month.

ES Emini Day Trading: Pivot-Fed Announcements-Commentary

By trader7757, 25 November, 2009, No Comment

The Reuter’s/University of Michigan’s Consumer sentiment index for early November fell back a very steep 4.6 points to a very weak 66.0. Weakness was split between current conditions and the outlook. The retreat in confidence was tied to the still contracting jobs market.

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ES Emini Daytrading: Pivot-Fed Announcements-Commentary

By trader7757, 24 November, 2009, No Comment
ESZ9
For 11/24/2009
How To Use
Symbol R1 R2 Pivot S1 S2
ESZ9 1130.42 1158.08 1083.83 1056.17 1009.58

Fed and Fed Agency Announcements

GDP
[Report][Star]8:30 AM ET
Redbook
[Bullet8:55 AM ET
FOMC Minutes
[Bullet2:00 PM ET

GDP
Released on 11/24/2009 8:30:00 AM For Q3:09
Prior Consensus Consensus Range
Real GDP – Q/Q change – SAAR 3.5 % 2.8 % 2.5 % to 3.4 %
GDP price index – Q/Q change – SAAR 0.8 % 0.8 % 0.8 % to 0.8 %

Market Consensus Before Announcement
GDP for the third quarter in the advance estimate came in stronger than expected with a 3.5 percent gain, following a 0.7 percent dip in the prior quarter. The third quarter boost was the first positive GDP number since a 1.5 percent increase for the second quarter of 2008. Cash for clunkers did add substantially to third quarter growth as motor vehicle output added 1.66 percentage points to the third-quarter change in real GDP after adding 0.19 percentage point to the second-quarter change. Inflation is still subdued as the GDP price index edged up 0.8 percent, following no change in the second quarter. Looking ahead, more recent monthly numbers indicate a downward revision to third quarter growth—including negatives from monthly international trade and business inventories

ICSC-Goldman Store Sales
Released on 11/24/2009 7:45:00 AM For wk11/21, 2009
Prior Actual
Store Sales – W/W change -0.1 % 0 %
Store Sales – Y/Y 2.4 % 3.3 %

Highlights
Easy year-over-year comparisons look to make for strong mid-single-digit gains for November same-store sales, according to ICSC-Goldman. The week-to-week pace in the Nov. 21 week was unchanged but not the year-on-year pace which rose nearly 1 full percentage point to plus 3.3 percent for the best reading in more than two years. The report sees this rate increasing in the Nov. 30 week, predicting strong sales on what it calls “Bargain” Friday and also strong sales on the following Saturday. But year-on-year comparisons are not what the financial markets move on. It’s month-on-month that counts. Redbook, up at 8:55 ET, does offer a November-to-October measure.

Daily Pivot-Fed Announcements-Commentary

By trader7757, 23 November, 2009, No Comment
ESZ9
For 11/20/2009
How To Use
Symbol R1 R2 Pivot S1 S2
ESZ9 1094.83 1095.17 1094.42 1094.08 1093.67

Fed and Fed Agency Announcements

Existing Home Sales
Released on 11/23/2009 10:00:00 AM For October, 2009
Prior Consensus Consensus Range
Existing Home Sales – Level – SAAR 5.57 M 5.700 M 5.290 M to 5.900 M

Market Consensus Before Announcement
Existing home sales in September spiked 9.4 percent to a 5.57 million annual rate. Existing home sales have been on a healthy uptrend in recent months, showing gains in five of the last six months. Recent numbers have been boosted by the clock ticking down on tax credits for first time home buyers with closing required by November. Tax credits have been extended and expanded but we are likely to see an easing in sales as there are not as many in the eligibility pool for these tax credits as in earlier months. And rising unemployment is weighing on other potential buyers.

ES Emini: Pivot and Fed Announcements, Commentary.

By trader7757, 8 November, 2009, No Comment
ESZ9
For 11/09/2009
How To Use
Symbol R1 R2 Pivot S1 S2
ESZ9 1072.67 1079.08 1063.08 1056.67 1047.08

Fed and Agency Announcements

Monday’s Pivot info is above.
Not a whole lot relevant of day trading info on Monday, with the exception of some bill and note auctions.  All sorts of chatter on the ES Emini day trading chat boards, the doom and gloom crowd is out in force, and with good reason, though there is an infinite realm of political and economic possibilities.  I can’t say I fully understand the market of late, and I am thankful I am a scalper so I don’t have to try to pick the market direction.  I have not the slightest idea which way we are headed.
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