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Crude Oil Falls As OPEC Meeting Falls Short

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Hello MarketClub members everywhere. Crude oil prices have fallen after news of deadlock at the OPEC meeting in Vienna. OPEC is trying to work out and implement the framework for an output reduction deal that was agreed to in September. A sit-down with non-OPEC producers including Brazil and Russia also appeared to end fruitlessly.

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Stocks are little changed today, helped by positive economic data and investors reacting positively to a series of big mergers announced over the weekend and of, the presidential election. Along with the election, investors have two significant events on the economic calendar this week: a meeting of the Federal Reserve and the October jobs report. It’s almost certain that the Fed will not raise interest rates so close to the election and will wait until the December meeting to do so. However, any economic observations from the bank will be important to investors. The jobs report will be the last major piece of economic data out before the Nov. 8 election.

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Stocks Turn Lower After FBI Announcement

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Hello MarketClub members everywhere. Stocks have given back earlier gains after the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced it is investigating new emails related to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. The market's reaction was swift dropping -.50% across the three main indexes.

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In other news today, the U.S. economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.9 percent in the third quarter as reported by the Commerce Department. The 2.9 percent clip marked the fastest economic growth in two years. Economists had forecasted that the GDP would rise at a 2.5 percent annual rate in the third quarter.

Despite the moderation in consumer spending, the third-quarter rise in growth could help dispel any lingering fears the economy was at risk of stalling. Over the first half of the year, growth had averaged just 1.1 percent.

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Oil Rebounds On Surprise Inventory Drop

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Hello MarketClub members everywhere. Oil prices rebounded briefly above $50 a barrel today after government data showed a surprise drop in U.S. crude inventories, offsetting skepticism over OPEC's planned output cut. Oil prices had fallen earlier on the back of bearish supply data from the American Petroleum Institute. U.S. commercial crude stockpiles fell by 553,000 barrels in the week ended Oct. 21, as reported by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

The Dow rose 50+ points after briefly dropping more than 100 points this morning. The S&P 500 has been neutral today as financials and energy offset losses in real estate and tech. The Nasdaq has fallen -.27% with Apple shedding about 3% on the day.

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Weekly Futures Recap With Mike Seery

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We've asked Michael Seery of SEERYFUTURES.COM to give our INO readers a weekly recap of the Futures market. He has been Senior Analyst for close to 15 years and has extensive knowledge of all of the commodity and option markets.

Michael frequently appears on multiple business networks including Bloomberg news, Fox Business, CNBC Worldwide, CNN Business, and Bloomberg TV. He is also a guest on First Business, which is a national and internationally syndicated business show.

Gold Futures

Gold futures in the December contract settled last Friday in New York at 1,255 an ounce while currently trading at 1,267 slightly higher for the trading week as gold remains relatively nonvolatile at the current time. Presently I am sitting on the sidelines as I’m not involved in any of the precious metals as prices are stuck in a 3 week sideways consolidation pattern. The U.S dollar is now hitting a 8 month high which is certainly not bullish the precious metals as it looks to me that the dollar will try to touch 100 in the coming weeks. I still believe that many of these markets will go sideways until the U.S election is finished which is still around 3 weeks away so be patient as there are still very few trends except in the grain market which is where my focus is at present. Rumors are circulating that the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates in the month of December and that is why the U.S dollar continues to move higher keeping a lid on many commodity prices here in the short-term. However, we have seen this story before.
TREND: LOWER
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Is The Market Waiting Until Next Week To Make A Move?

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Hello MarketClub members everywhere. Next week, Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) And Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) all report earnings. This could be the catalyst to get the market out of the doldrums and the sideways pattern that I've been talking about for what seems like ever.

Yesterday Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced its earnings a beat 76 cents vs. 68 estimates, that was enough to push the stock up above its 1999 highs of $59.97 in after-her-hour ours trading. It would appear that the turnaround efforts for Microsoft are on track under the guidance of Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella.

The market has been remarkably quiet with most of the noise coming out of the presidential campaign this week.

Once again, MarketClub's Trade Triangles point the way to successful trading. If you are not tracking the Trade Triangles, you may decide to do so after looking at how they are positioned in many of the markets.

Looking at the major markets here are the minuscule changes so far this week (Thursday Closes). Continue reading "Is The Market Waiting Until Next Week To Make A Move?" →