National Futures and Financial Weekly
Copyright 1997 by Consensus, Inc.
October 24, 1997 * * 1737 McGee, Kansas City, Mo. 64108 U.S.A. * * Up Dated Daily

Technical Corner

  • FORTUCAST
    October 13, 1997 Barry Rosen
    *Grains, Fiber, Foods, Meats
    NOVEMBER SOYBEANS: Beans have been getting mixed news from the USDA regarding stocks and production. USDA's Quarterly Stocks report was bearish for beans, with old-crop stocks counted at 132 mbu, well above trade expectations of 110 mbu. However, on October 10, USDA delivered a bullish production estimate of 2.722 billion bushels, with a yield of 39.0 bushels per acres.

  • ASPRAY'S GLOBAL TRADER
    October 24, 1997 Thomas E. Aspray
    *World Stocks Drop After Hang Seng Plung Dollar Tests First Strong Support
    *Dollar Rallies Sharply Against Yen
    *STG Crosses Correct Sharply - Ouch!!
    *Dollar Weak Versus Canadian Dollar & Swiss Franc
    *Bonds Sharply Higher, But Stocks Close Very Weak

  • GREENWICH NATWEST FUTURES DAILY TECHNICAL RESEARCH
    October 24, 1997 John J. Kosar
    IOM DECEMBER S&P 500 INDEX: Short-term trend neutral, long-term trend up.
    CBOT DECEMBER TREASURY BONDS: Short-term trend neutral, long-term trend up.

  • COMMODITY INFORMATION SYSTEMS
    TECHNICAL COMMENTS
    October 18, 1997 Bill Gary
    *Dominant Force Shifts To Demand!
    *What Happens When Corn Prices Advance sharply Into Early October

  • PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES TECHNICAL COMMENTS
    October 16, 1997 Prudential Securities, Inc

  • WORLD COMMODITY PERSPECTIVE
    October 17, 1997 Jim Martens
    *CATTLE, FEEDER CATTLE, COCOA

  • G.I.S., WINTREND SYSTEM
    October 22, 1997 Rowel Goodwin

  • WESTFALIA INVESTMENTS TECHNICAL COMMENTS
    October 23, 1997 Peter Cardillo
    The U.S. deficit widened in August to $10.4 billion. The red ink continued to pile up as imports rose 6/10 of 1 percent, a record! Exports rose up 2/10 of 1 percent. The wider deficit was driven substantially by a record imbalance with China.

  • TECHNICAL DATA MARKET REVIEW
    October 23, 1997 Roman I. Datkewych
    *Interest Rates, Commodities, Dollar, Stocks

  • THE WEEKLY RE-LAY
    October 18, 1997 Eric S. Hadik
    *6900/DJIA--Part II...
    OVERVIEW: Each week brings additional clues that a major top in the stock indices could be forming...and additional profits to traders as a result. After closing out a $14,000 long trade, traders reversed to short the S&P at 981.35/SPZ and finished the week with open gains of over $16,000 per contract.

  • VIEWPOINT TECHNICAL OUTLOOK
    October 23, 1997 Gregory P. Fortuna
    DECEMBER BONDS:
    S&P 500:
    DOLLAR/DEUTSCHEMARK:
    DOLLAR/JAPANESE YEN:

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