Jim Wyckoff has spent over 25 years involved with the stock, financial and commodity markets. He was a financial journalist with the FWN newswire service for many years, including stints as a reporter on the rough-and-tumble commodity futures trading floors in Chicago and New York.
Gold prices near $2,520, fueled by inflation expectations and possible Fed rate cuts. Will this bullish trend continue after the CPI report?
Sharp losses for blue chip banks JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs pressured the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Jim Wyckoff has spent over 25 years involved with the stock, financial and commodity markets. He was a financial journalist with the FWN newswire service for many years, including stints as a reporter on the rough-and-tumble commodity futures trading floors in Chicago and New York.
Pre-market futures are up to start a new trading week, after the worst week for the stock market in two years. We're still in the green across the board year to date, though off our mid-summer all-time highs.
The Dow Jones index closed lower by more than 150 points on Thursday. When insiders purchase or sell shares, it indicates their confidence or concern around the company's prospects.
With Wednesday's CPI report providing as-expected results, investor and advisor confidence is mounting for a September rate cut from the Federal Reserve. According to the report, the consumer price index increased 0.2% last month.
Year over year headline CPI - aka the "Inflation Rate" - came in 10 bps lower than expected to +2.9%.
Immediately following the biggest economic print of the week — the July Consumer Price Index (CPI) report — pre-market futures got pretty noisy. So did bond yields.
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