Economic Reports Analysis

Build in a trading system based on the news fromrecommended to build a trading decision on similar
the media sources could be dangerous task. It isannouncements and trying to build a trading system
recommended analyzing economical and financialor strategy on that.
events by yourself and not rely on the conclusion ofAs a rule, FED announcements and other economic
editors who runs after the sensations.  It is commonreports are predetermined and majority of investors
for novice traders, when it comes to making firstknows what to expect from them far before they
steps in stock market analysis, refer to the news.are released. In addition all these reports and
Traders watch CNN, read Barons, browse Yahooannouncements are focused to reflect the
Finance and look through other financial medialonger-term trend of the economy. Whether it is
sources by hunting for a professional investmentsunemployment report, rate increase, consumer
opinion that may help them in their investments. Bysentiment, or anything else it is not something
some reason, when traders lose money nobody ofmomentum that may change over a few hours. The
them blame media for that.short-term (couple of hours) stock market swings
When it comes to the analysis of the financial newsafter an economic report release is actions of
through the popular media sources, I wouldspeculators who are trying to make fast backs in
recommend be very cautious. You may try tovolatile trading and in no case it reflects the
consider following facts: the media states the factssentiment of long-term institutional traders who those
after it happens and the media is always right.reports are aimed for. Yet, it became custom for
As an example it could be recommended monitoringmedia to judge about affect of the financial even on
media reaction on the FOMC rate announcements.the stock market trend as soon as possible (it is their
When FED increases rates and market goes upcompletion) and base their judgment on the
media tells us that DOW, Nasdaq and S&P 500 wentshort-term market reaction.
up because the investors are encouraged by the rateIt is not about trusting media or not. In the media
increase as an indicator of growing economy. Whenworld completion makes editors to publish news as
FED increases rates, however, the stock marketsoon as possible, find some sensations and some dirt.
declines, the media makes announcement that theIf you are an investor it could be a good idea to
same indexes (DOW, Nasdaq and S&P 500) declinedtake a look at economic reports by yourself, check
because the investors are disappointed by the ratecharts, make your own analysis and only then put
increase since it mean possibility of slowdown inyour own money into a work.
borrowing and economy growth. It is not