Morning Update- 02/25/10

Foreign Exchange

-Moody's and S&P warn on Greek Debt downgrade.

-EUR is down -.34% against the USD @ 1.3493 as of 6:27 EST.

-EUR is off -1.23% against the JPY at 120.5350.

-USD is strengthening against the JPY -.86% @ 89.3740



Commodities

-Gold is down $5.30 sitting at 1091.90/troy ounce

-Silver is OFF -1.18% at $15.775/t oz.

-WTI Crude is down $0.48 this morning to $79.520/barrel

-Nat Gas continues to sell-off down 1.15% @ $4.803/MMbtu in early hours



Equities



Asia

-Nikkei 225- off -.95% @ 10,101.96

-Topix- down 4.28 points to 891.41

-Hang Sang- off -.33% to 20,399.57

-S&P/ASX 200- down 54.40 point @ 4594.10



Europe

-FTSE 100- 5344.78 up .03%

-CAC 40- 3710.14 down 15 basis points

-DAX 30- Positive by 6.04 points @ 5621.55



U.S. Futures

-DJIA- lagging by -36.00 to 10,319.00

-S&P 500- 1098.70 down -4.90 points



Bonds

-UST 10 Y- Price: rallied .075 to sit at 99 22/34 Yield: 3.66%

-Bunds- Price: rallied .096 to 101.04 Yield: 3.12%

-JGB- Price: rallied .208 to 99.96 Yield: 1.30%



Economic Reports

-German Unemployment is 8.20%

-Durable Goods U.S. @ 8:30 EST

-Initial Jobless Claims U.S. @ 8:30 EST

-Fed Chairman Bernanke continues his testimony @ 9:00 EST

-Japanese Core CPI YoY @ 18:30

-Japanese Industrial Production @ 18:50

- Japanese Retail Sales @ 18:50





Patrick M. Ambrus

Managing Partner

Analyze Capital LLC

ambrus.anlzgrouo@gmail.com