The Week Ahead In The Global Financial Markets
From The Desk Of Joe Rios We are now just about halfway through corporate earnings season with most companies beating forecasts. None the less, the S&P 500 closed the week…
RiosQuant Research & Analysis – The bullish risk on sentiment that stoked more Wall Street records on Friday carried through into the new week…
From The Desk Of Joe Rios We are now just about halfway through corporate earnings season with most companies beating forecasts. None the less, the S&P 500 closed the week…
The stock indices impressively held on to most recent gains, despite disappointing economic news, the Portuguese banking crisis and the geopolitical threat including Ukraine, Iraqi and Gaza. However we did…
From The Desk Of Joe Rios... The Grains sold off dramatically with Wheat closing down -9.2%, Soybeans -8% and Corn -7.6% for the week. Other commodities that traded lower included…
From the desk of Joe Rios... The stock indices continued to impress after an event filled 3 1/2 day trading week. The employment report was strong with a net job…
From the desk of Joe Rios... Last Wednesday's surprising decline in Q1 GDP got everyone's attention. The S&P 500 continued to trade sideways but providing intraday trading opportunities. As you…
From the desk of Joe Rios The FOMC event this past week was the main focus for traders and investors alike. As expected the markets accelerated during Yellen's press briefing…
Did the Oil market anticipate the conflict in Iraq? During Sunday's Face the Nation TV show, Bob Schieffer reported that the Iraq violence caught everybody by surprise. But last week's…
Rethink Relative Performance Think RQ-Tech Last week's labor report and the ECB's aggressive monetary policy stance helped push stock indices higher. As I have reminded our members these past few…
Is this the week we gain clarity from the markets? Most stock indices reached new highs while bonds continued to rally. This scenario continues to be troublesome for most market…
This past week trading conditions in most markets continued to be sideways with very low volume. There was little news, but the risk markets seemed to take it as slightly…