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David Wienke is the editor of Keystone Charts. More than 30 years of experience providing technical analysis and execution services to institutional clients is now provided in a daily newsletter, The Daily Game Plan. Coverage includes equities, rates, currencies, and commodities. Dave is also...

As the markets waited for Jerome Powell to be sworn in to his role as Chair of the Federal Reserve, taking over from former Chair Janet Yellen on Feb. 5, 2018, many were wondering how he would approach running the Federal Reserve, and how that could ultimately impact different asset classes. It...

Fixed income investors looking to diversify away from traditional corporate debt, municipal bonds and Treasuries have interesting options to consider in the world of exchange traded funds. Those looking to apply an environmental screen to their bond investments could consider green bonds and the...

Globally, exchange traded funds have about $5 trillion in combined assets under management, but the ETF industry is expected to continue growing at a rapid rate over the next several years. BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK), the parent company of iShares, the world's largest ETF issuer, views ETFs as...

Positive sentiment generated by last Friday’s jobs report appeared to roll over into the new week, as stocks turned higher in pre-market trading Monday. If you’d asked Hollywood to put together a script for a perfect rally, Friday might have been the result. The jobs report is in the...

By the ECB´s decision to remove the explicit pledge to buy more assets if necessary the pledge to keep on buying assets on monthly basis remained. The change in the ECB statement is a hawkish tweak although the ECB President tried to downplay it during the press conference. The fast is that...

Most fixed income assets have struggled in the new year. For example, the iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF (NYSE: AGG), the largest bond exchange traded fund in the U.S., is lower by 2.7 percent. Corporate bonds, both investment-grade and junk, are not offering much shelter from the storm....

The markets seem to be poised to tumble at the open, following a post-market deep dive yesterday that appeared to be prompted by reports that National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn was resigning from the White House. In the early going, the Dow Jones Industrials ($DJI) was pointing to a...

E-Mini S&P (March) Yesterday’s Close: Settled at 2718.50 Fundamentals: All major U.S indices gained at least 1% yesterday, continuing a recovery from an exacerbated move Thursday and into Friday’s open. Their global counterparts followed suit into this morning with the DAX +1% and...

The markets hurdled higher in early trading today as investors in the U.S. and abroad appeared to ignore the noise out of Washington, D.C., according to some market watchers. The markets also looked to get a boost after headlines surfaced of a potential summit between North and South Korea, which...

As sovereign debt yields in developed markets plummeted and, in some cases, turned negative, income investors turned to emerging market debt for higher yields. Plenty of emerging markets bond exchange traded funds are listed in the U.S., but the iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (...

Traders are bearish on high-yield corporate debt exchange traded funds (ETFs). Data confirm as much. For the week ended Feb. 27th, investors have yanked $171.3 million from the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSE: HYG), the largest junk bond ETF. Only six ETFs saw larger outflows...

E-Mini S&P (March) Yesterday’s Close: Settled at 2714.50 Fundamentals: Equity markets slid sharply into yesterday’s close ahead of Fed Chair Powell’s second congressional testimony. Today he sits in front of the Senate Banking Committee at 9:00 am CT. He commented earlier in...

Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date. What Happened? On this day 83 years ago, the U.S. Treasury issued the first U.S. savings bonds. Where The Market Was The S&P 500 was trading at 8.41 and the Dow closed the day at 103.27....

The EUR/USD has been punished by Powell and fell to a 6-week low.  After losing uptrend support, the pair is still battling another essential line. The EUR/USD is trading just above the $1.2200 level after making a quick dip under it. The driver of the US Dollar is Fed Chair Jerome...