Lind-Waldock Senior Account Representative Tony Klancic offered a primer on futures trading and the gold delivery process as part of an article for ResourceInvestor.com. Tony’s piece comes after Gene’s commentary, which is summarized below. Got Gold Report – How to Buy Physical Gold and Silver on the COMEX By Gene Arensberg 24 Oct 2008 at [...]

OPEC Ministers Cut Output -RealClearMarkets Subprime Mortgages Were Just the Beginning – Wall Street Journal Should Homeowners Be Bailed-Out? – The Big Money Existing Home Sales Up 5.5% – RealClearMarkets Economist React: Foreclosures Drive Home Resales – Real Time Economics Gold Climbs in NY as Investors Seek Haven from Falling Shares – Bloomberg Cattle Prices [...]

By Jeff Friedman During the past month, the markets have seen severe volatility and it’s been affecting many traders and investors. The tone during the last few weeks has been fear and panic. Investors and traders have lost their appetite for risk.

Turmoil Pushes Traders to Edge – Chicago Tribune Gold’s Recent Slump Bewilders Investors – MarketWatch U.S. Stocks Mostly Up After Late-Session Revival – MarketWatch OPEC Faces Uphill Battle as Oil Prices Plummet – MarketWatch Bottom May be in Sight – MarketWatch The Thinking Man’s Rout – Breakingviews.com “I Made a Mistake” Admits Greenspan – FT [...]

Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Jeff Friedman was quoted in the Chicago Tribune today on how financial professionals are coping with the market’s wild ride. Read full article. You can hear more from Jeff in a Lind-Waldock live webinar today at 3:30 p.m. CT. Jeff will give his views of the market ups and downs. [...]

Glory Days Fade for U. S. Farmers – WSJ Online OPEC Needs to Cut Supply, But Limit Economic Pain – Reuters NYMEX Crude Ends Lower on Supply, Economic Worries – Reuters World Leaders Differ on Financial Crisis Cure as Summit Planned – Bloomberg Libor Slides as Fed Offers Cash to Mutual Funds; CP Yields Drop [...]

After the unprecedented, coordinated global interest rate cuts earlier this month, market participants are speculating more are coming. CME Group Federal Funds futures are pricing in odds of more than 80 percent the Federal Reserve will lower its key interbank lending rate (known as the Fed funds rate) by half a percent at the October [...]

Poor Profit Picture and Economy Worries Lash Wall Street – Reuters Market Fundamentalism Versus the Speculators – Reuters Crisis Turning Point May Yet Mirror Recent History – Reuters Just What the Doctor Ordered – MarketWatch A Checklist for Signs of a Market Recovery – MarketWatch Gold Falls 2.8 Percent as Dollar Strengthens, Oil Falls – [...]

Trading Volatile Markets Using Options: S&P and Crude Oil By Tom Mikulski We have seen quite a sell-off in the stock market in the past few weeks, and I’m sure if you’ve been watching the news, you know exactly what’s caused that and don’t need me to describe that for you. At the same time, [...]

Bernanke Backs More Stimulus, Citing “Weak” Outlook – Bloomberg Turmoil May Make Americans Savers, Worsening “Nasty” Recession – Bloomberg Copper Price Falls in New York as China’s Economic Growth Slows – Bloomberg Gold Rebounds as Decline Below $800 Spurs Buyers, Silver Gains – Bloomberg Leading Indicators Rise in September – AP/Yahoo Finance Home Prices to [...]