Today's Economic Calendar
7:30 Challenger Job-Cut Report
8:15 Randal Quarles: “Trends in Urban and Rural Community Banks”
8:30 Initial Jobless Claims
10:00 Factory Orders
10:30 EIA Natural Gas Inventory
4:30 PM Money Supply
4:30 PM Fed Balance Sheet
Today's Markets
In Asia, Japan -0.6%. Hong Kong -1.7%. China closed. India -2.2%.
In Europe, at midday, London -1%. Paris -1.1%. Frankfurt -0.2%.
Futures at 6:20, Dow -0.4%. S&P -0.5%. Nasdaq -0.7%. Crude -0.2% to $76.24. Gold flat at $1202.60. Bitcoin +1.2% to $6546.
Ten-year Treasury Yield -7 bps to 3.23%
As investigators make connections,
Dirty Democrats face rejections:
Their poll numbers will slip
As the facts drip, drip –
Right on up to the midterm elections
- F.R. Duplantier
Dan