December 2008
28 posts
Breakfast Bell for December 30, 20008 →
MARKET UPDATE Yesterday’s sell-off is being mostly negated by light overseas trading rallies this morning. It seems that the market still wants to focus on more of the Middle East conflicts in Gaza,…
Breakfast Bell by Zecco for December 29, 2008 →
MARKET UPDATE Today may end up being more of an oil day and thin market trading volume day than anything. Oil neared $40 per barrel because of increased conflicts in Israel-Gaza. So far world…
Zecco's Breakfast Bell (Dec. 26, 2008) →
MARKET UPDATE Unfortunately there is almost no news to key off of this morning. What is interesting is that S&P futures are up 5 points and DJIA futures are up 40 points. This is after quiet Asian…
Breakfast Bell by Zecco (DEC 24, 2008) →
Stocks are trading relatively flat this morning, and few expect any major moves unless there are any grossly different surprises from the flow of economic data we will see early this morning. The…
Zecco Breakfast Bell Dec. 23, 2008) →
MARKET UPDATE Stock futures so far this morning looking incredibly….. dull. The DJIA futures were up 0.2% and S&P futures up about 0.5% this morning, yet the trading range on these has been very…
Zecco's Breakfast Bell (DEC. 22, 2008) →
MARKET UPDATE Equity futures are trading up marginally this morning with DJIA futures up about 25 points and S&P futures up about 3 points. Most markets were marginally lower on the heels of another…
Zecco's Breakfast Bell (DEC. 19, 2008 →
MARKET UPDATE Today is shaping up to be another losing day in the early indications. DJIA Futures are down 0.75% and NASDAQ futures are down almost 1%. There are more prevailing thoughts that this…
Zecco's Breakfast Bell (DEC 18 2008) →
MARKET UPDATE Equities are indicated slightly higher after yesterday’s close, although on a somewhat mixed basis. DJIA futures are up 40 points and NASDAQ futures are down 10 points. Bonds are…
Zecco Breakfast Bell (Dec. 17, 2008) →
Equities are giving back some of yesterday’s gains early this morning. Much of the trading reaction is dollar-based as the effect of yesterday’s ZERO RATE target range takes away any sort of…
December 16 Breakfast Bell from Zecco →
Equities and just about everything else are going to key off of the FOMC meeting where Bernanke and friends are expected to cut Fed Funds. Interestingly enough, traders are expected to care about…
Zecco Breakfast Bell DEC 15, 2008 →
MARKET UPDATE This Monday is pegging around two issues: the Madoff scandal which shows many more are exposed to the fund losses overseas than what was thought last week (via funds of funds) and a…
Zecco's Friday Breakfast Bell (DEC. 12, 2008) →
Equities are taking a hit this morning after the US Auto bailout was killed by Republican Senators. Global markets took a hit and DJIA futures are down over 200 points early this morning. Bonds are…
Zecco's Thursday Breakfast Bell (Dec. 11, 2008) →
Equities are somewhat directionless today after DJIA and S&P futures were indicated down less than 0.5% after P&G’s warning. This is on the heels of a small sell-off in most global markets despite…
Zecco Breakfast Bell )Dec. 10, 2008) →
Stocks are indicated up slightly this morning by almost 1% after yesterday’s profit taking rally. This is partly on a $15 billion tentative agreement in theory on an auto bailout and partly on…
Zecco Breakfast Bell (Dec. 9, 2008) →
<Section>MARKET UPDATE </Section> <ArticleDate>2008-12-09</ArticleDate> <market_commentary> World equity markets maintained the gains that we put in yesterday, and this has US equity futures stable…
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Zecco's Monday Breakfast Bell (Dec. 8, 2008) →
Stocks are headed significantly higher this morning after overseas markets were stable and after President-elect Obama spoke over the weekend. Obama signaled the most aggressive infrastructure plans…
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Zecco Breakfast Bell Jobs Friday →
MARKET UPDATE The focus of today is going to be on US unemployment and non-farm payrolls. As this data has everyone on pins and needles stocks are indicated flat this morning. Treasuries are…
Zecco Breakfast Bell (Dec. 3, 2008) →
MARKET UPDATE Yesterday’s rally in equities is partially being given back this morning as DJIA futures are down about 60 points and S&P futures are down about 5 points. It seems traders are bracing…
Zecco's Dec. 2 Breakfast Bell →
MARKET UPDATE Yesterday’s big stock drop is being met with equity buyers this morning. Asian markets did sell off in response to the US drop yesterday, but not by as much as the drop here; European…
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Breakfast Bell by Zecco DEC 1 2008 →
MARKET UPDATE Equities are indicated sharply lower this morning. You can blame profit taking after a near-mystery rally over the last 5 trading sessions, or for an easier fundamental explanation you…
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