Quad Witching Tomorrow 6.18.09

Date June 18, 2009

There are no U.S. economic reports tomorrow but that does not mean that we wont have some interesting volatility in the financial markets. Quite the contrary as we have Quad or Quadruple Witching on the calendar. Quadruple witching only occurs four times a year - on the third Friday of March, June, September and [...]

CNBC Interview: Outlook for CHF and GBP

Date June 18, 2009

I was on CNBC this afternoon talking about the SNB meeting, the suspected intervention and the outlook for the British pound:

Chart of Continuing Claims Signaling Recession is Ending

Date June 18, 2009

We had a number of surprises in U.S. economic data this morning including the Philly Fed index and leading indicators, but the biggest surprise was definitely the decline in continuing claims. Since the beginning of the year, continuing claims, which measures the number of people continuing to claim unemployment benefits rose week after week, [...]