COMMENTARY
  


 
  

 

USEFUL LINKS
The following websites may be useful in your trading research and education. SFO does not endorse any of these sites or take responsibility for their content.

CENTRAL BANKS
U.S. Federal Reserve System
Federal Open Markets Committee
Bank of Canada
Bank of England
Bank of Japan
European Central Bank
Reserve Bank of Australia
Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Swiss National Bank

EXCHANGES

U.S.:
American Stock Exchange
Chicago Board Options Exchange
CME Group
IntercontinentalExchange
International Securities Exchange
Kansas City Board of Trade
Minneapolis Grain Exchange
NASDAQ
New York Mercantile Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
One Chicago
Philadelphia Stock Exchange/Phliladelphia Board of Trade
U.S. Futures Exchange  

International:
Australian Securities Exchange
Deutsche Börse
Eurex
Euronext
Euronext.liffe
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited
Korea Exchange
London Metal Exchange
London Stock Exchange
OMX Nordic Exchange
Toronto Stock Exchange
Shanghai Stock Exchange

Climate:
Chicago Climate Exchange
European Climate Exchange
Green Exchange

INDUSTRY TRADE GROUPS
Futures Industry Association
Securities Industry and Financial Market Association

REGULATORS
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
National Futures Association

RESEARCH & STATISTICS
Bureau of the Census
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Conference Board
Internal Revenue Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Department of Labor
U.S. Department of Treasury


MARKET-MOVING EVENTS & REPORTS
Federal Open Markets Committee
G7 and G8 Meetings
Unemployment Rate
Consumer Price Index
Producer Price Index
Gross Domestic Product
Trade Balance
Personal Income and Outlays
Corporate Profits
Productivity and Costs
U.S. Consumer Confidence
U.S. Help-Wanted Advertising
U.S. Help-Wanted Online
U.S. Leading Index
Housing Starts
Existing Home Sales
Retail Sales


LINKS TO REPORTS 
Briefing.com provides "expected" numbers for coming reports, as well as actual data after the fact:
ISM Index from Institute for Supply Management
Philadelphia Fed Index
Chicago PMI Report (Business Barameter by Chicago NAPM)


TRADE SHOWS
International Traders Expo
Los Angeles: June 18-21, 2008
Las Vegas, Nov. 19-22, 2008
Forex Trading Expo in Las Vegas, Sept. 12-13, 2008