Well a few weeks has marched by and No Fund has gone belly up. By the end of last week and through out the weekend the wild stories and rumors flew.So Monday morning the US market firmed with out a "LTCM surfacing. And the Markets held.

Hedge fund risk wont pass into the night so quite.Prying eyes will become more focused in this new group.And in the end ,Its positive for all .

The NYSE Exchange drama may slowly fight its way back into the headlines..Traders fighting traders is a fun news story.And the Equity Exchange is the largest in the World, This will be fun.

Today
The Commerce Department is slated to release the housing starts report for april at 8:30 a.m. Economists see an 8.9% increase in housing starts to an annual rate of 2.0 million in April, but for a minimal decline of 1,000 building permits to an annual rate of 2.02 million.

The Federal Reserve is expected to release the industrial production report for April at 9:15 a.m. Economists expect industrial production to increase by 0.2% in April, which would hold the capacity utilization rate steady at 79.4%.