by Calculated Risk on 10/06/2019 09:34:00 PM
Weekend:
• Schedule for Week of October 6, 2019
Monday:
• At 3:00 PM, Consumer Credit from the Federal Reserve.
From CNBC: Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures: S&P 500 are down 17 and DOW futures are down 140 (fair value).
Oil prices were down over the last week with WTI futures at $52.65 per barrel and Brent at $58.11 barrel. A year ago, WTI was at $74, and Brent was at $85 - so oil prices are down about 25% year-over-year.
Here is a graph from Gasbuddy.com for nationwide gasoline prices. Nationally prices are at $2.64 per gallon. A year ago prices were at $2.91 per gallon, so gasoline prices are down 27 cents year-over-year.
Read more at http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2019/10/sunday-night-futures.html#a3TLM4pbybw5X9lI.99
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