Archive for June, 2008

Daily News Digest

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Jun 23rd, 2008 • Category: Commodity News Digest

Alaska May Give Everyone $1,200 to Cover Fuel Costs - Bloomberg
Bernanke’s Inflation Cure Wanes as Import Costs Rise - Bloomberg
United Says Plans to Lay off 950 Pilots - Rueters
Thirty Years on, Inflation Makes Global Comeback - Reuters
GM to Cut Truck Production by 170,000 Units - Reuters
Fuel Costs Could Devastate Airlines - CNN.com
Gas Could Fall to [...]



Financial Markets Weekly Recap and Outlook

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Jun 23rd, 2008 • Category: Broker Commentary, Market Updates

Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Jeff Friedman takes a look at price action in the financial markets last week, and offers his thoughts as we head into the two-day Federal Open Market Committee Meeting.
Read the full article from Jeff.



Fed Funds Futures See 90% Chance Rates Stay Steady

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Jun 23rd, 2008 • Category: Market Updates

Tuesday marks the start of the two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting June 24-25. A few days prior to these Fed policy meetings, CME Group posts a “Fed Watch” update reflecting where the market thinks rates are headed. Based upon the June 20 market close, the 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract for the July 2008 [...]



Introduction to Fundamental Analysis

By Paul Nowak • Jun 20th, 2008 • Category: Educational, Trader Viewpoints, Webinars

Darrell Jobman, Editor-in-Chief of TraderEducation.com recently presented a webinar with us on fundamental analysis. The presentation focused on the grain markets and how fundamental analysis plays a role in trading decisions.
If you’re not familiar with the fundamentals of the grain markets, or just looking to brush up and get new ideas, you can check out [...]



Daily News Digest

By Paul Nowak • Jun 20th, 2008 • Category: Commodity News Digest

Which is Worse, Inflation or Recession? - Times of London
The Currency that Saved Europe - New York Sun
Can U.S. Bring Jobs Back from China? - BusinessWeek
China Debunks Market ‘Domino Theory’ - Bloomberg
U.S. Options Index Rises Amid Bets Financials Will Keep Falling - Bloomberg
IMF’s Best Guess is for a Gradual U.S. Recovery - MarketWatch.com
Ford [...]



Stock Indexes Lower Amid “Quadruple Witching”

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Jun 20th, 2008 • Category: Broker Commentary, Market Updates

It’s “quadruple-witching” day, marking the expiration of June stock index futures, stock index options, stock options, and single stock futures (SSF). Senior Market Strategist Jeff Friedman says these types of expiration days can be volatile, so watch your back. Stock indexes may be headed for their third weekly decline amid more negative news in [...]



Daily News Digest

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Jun 19th, 2008 • Category: Commodity News Digest

Manufacturing in Philadelphia Region Shrank in June - Bloomberg
Bear Stearns Fund Managers to Be Charged - TheStreet.com
Leading Indicators Rise for Second Straight Month - MarketWatch.com
More than 400 Charged With Mortgage-Related Fraud - MarketWatch.com
Japan Stocks Tumble Most in Two Months on Bank Loss Concern - Bloomberg
Crude Oil Declines as China to Increase Fuel Prices [...]



Yen Trading Strategy

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Jun 19th, 2008 • Category: Broker Commentary, Market Updates

Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Phil Streible thinks the Japanese yen may be ready for a rebound and offers a trading strategy using a combination of futures and options. He sees good support near 93 and 92.50 in September futures, and thinks the market could rally to 96. Read more about it.



DJIA Falls to Three-Month Low

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Jun 18th, 2008 • Category: Market Updates

Stock indexes fell and couldn’t get up today, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average cash and futures contracts closing at a three-month low. Gloomy news came from a number of familiar corporate names, including FedEx, Fifth Third, GM and Ford. (Another name familiar to us here, MF Global Ltd., tumbled too). On the cash side, [...]



Daily News Digest

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Jun 18th, 2008 • Category: Commodity News Digest

Bank issues global stock and credit crash alert – London Telegraph
Gas Stations Can’t Afford to Buy Gas Either - David Welch, BusinessWeek
Are Speculators Driving Commodity Prices Higher? (PDF) - Merrill Lynch

US floods hit food prices – Financial Times
Learning from the Oil Shock - Newsweek
Morgan Stanley Profits Drop on Debt Losses, Trading - [...]