Today's Economic Calendar
7:30 Challenger Job-Cut Report
8:30 Initial Jobless Claims
9:45 Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index
10:00 Quarterly Services Report
10:30 EIA Natural Gas Inventory
3:00 PM Consumer Credit
4:30 PM Money Supply
4:30 PM Fed Balance Sheet
Today's Markets
In Asia, Japan +1.5%. Hong Kong +0.3%. China -0.7%. India +1.1%.
In Europe, at midday, London flat. Paris +0.1%. Frankfurt +0.2%.
Futures at 6:20, Dow flat. S&P +0.1%. Nasdaq +0.6%. Crude +0.4% to $56.16. Gold -0.7% to $1257.60. Bitcoin +9.1% to $15058.
Ten-year Treasury Yield +1 bps to 2.34%
An ode to the new FBI
They scheme, they plot, and they lie
A partisan force
And biased of course
Where justice will wither and die
Their power's becoming a threat
Democracy's starting to sweat
The nightmare is real
Our freedom they steal
As tyrants they aid and abet
- The Limerick King
Dan