It's time to bring on those sweet, sweet quarterly and monthly acronyms. GDP. FOMC. NFP. They're all coming this week, and that means a good deal of volatility (and risk) will be in play for retail traders. If you want to take advantage, you definitely need to know what to expect. How will U.S. GDP inform the Fed announcement released just hours later? How many Reserve Board members will voice dissent to the likely rate cut? Why the hell are equity futures rallying on a bad non-farm payrolls number? Read on for an abridged version of the answers you might get from a very heavy economics textbook. U.S. GDP Date: ... (full story)