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CB Consumer Confidence and US Existing Home Sales numbers will be released Tuesday, February 23, 2016, at 10:00 AM ET. CB stands for The Conference Board, an independent research association. Consumer confidence is a leading indicator for consumer spending, which is a leading indicator for the...

On Tuesday, February 16, 2016, National Statistics released numerous pricing numbers revealing the state of the economy for the UK. Of high importance is the Consumer Price Index measuring price changes of goods and services purchased by consumers. When consumer prices go up the inflation can be...

New housing going up gets an economy charging. On Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at 8:30 AM ET, numbers for US Building Permits and Housing Starts were released. Before a house is built, a permit must be issued first, so news on Building Permits is of a high impact. Along with these...

If you’re trying to make a go of it day trading, then learning to trade the news can be a great way to start. A beginning day trader may very well be working a day job making it difficult to day trade. Fortunately, news comes out around the clock and news can make the markets move....

It is always nice when you have an overnight trade that you can cash in on sooner than you anticipate when you set the trade up. This was the situation for a trader who recently posted what he learned and how he profited while trading an overnight news related trade. Right around 6 PM, when...

Every month, around 40 days after the month ends, Australia releases the change in the number of new loans approved for purchasing houses. The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release the percentage number at 7:30 PM ET, Thursday, February 11, 2016 and you can enter your trade as early as 7:...

By Jonathan Kalin Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster weighs in on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) as the company explores Mixed Reality technology and Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL) as the digital payment giant struggles to keep the expanding market in check. Apple Inc. Munster is bullish on...

Every country imports and exports goods and the difference in value between the two is the country’s trade balance. If the trade balance number is positive, then more goods were exported than imported. The Office for National Statistics for the UK is releasing the Trade Balance at 4:30 AM...

Manufacturing Production for the UK reported in January was down 0.4% and Industrial Production for the UK was also down 0.7%. These reports are indicators on the health of the economy as production reacts quickly to ups and downs in the business cycle and can affect employment and earnings...

Canada has two reports coming out Friday, regarding employment and another report on the Trade Balance. All three make for a trade opportunity using an Iron Condor setup trading Nadex USD/CAD spreads looking for a $40 profit or reward potential. Statistics Canada will be releasing the...

Markit, a leading global provider of financial information services, released Construction Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) for the UK at 4:30 AM ET, Tuesday, February 2, 2016. The number is released monthly and there is a recommended trade strategy to trade it based on analysis of the last...

In Australia, two reports will be released Thursday, February 4, 2016 at 7:30 PM ET making for a trade opportunity in the evening. The Reserve Bank of Australia meets quarterly and then releases their Monetary Policy Statement. The statement includes their insights into the economic conditions...

Coming this Thursday, January 28, 2016, at 7:30 PM ET, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will be releasing their Producer Price Index (PPI). This comes out as a percentage showing whether there has been a change in the price of finished goods and services sold by producers. If producers are...

A monthly report released by the United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) titled the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) provides the current USDA forecasts of US and world supply-use balances of major grains, soybeans and products, and cotton, as well as the US supply and...