Silver Posts Biggest Monthly Gain in 22 Years, Gold Rallies – MarketWatch After Staying in May, will Investors Bail in June? – MarketWatch China’s Strong Interest Lightens Steel’s Outlook – MarketWatch GDP Hints Recession is Moderating – Reuters Rising U.S. Bond Yields May Spark Credit Crisis II – Reuters U.S. Dollar at 5-Month Low, Oil [...]

OPEC Leaves Production Quota Unchanged – MarketWatch Economy Still Falling, but not Off a Cliff – MarketWatch Treasurys Stay Up After 7-Year Auction – MarketWatch Pimco’s Gross Seens “Green Shoots” of Recovery – Reuters Rising Oil May Test U.S. Economy’s Green Shoots – Reuters Investors Doubtful About Dollar’s Upside – Reuters Russia Diamond Monopoly Seeks [...]

Can the U.S. Lose its AAA Credit Rating? By Jeff Friedman The credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) issued a warning on May 21, 2009, that Britain’s credit rating was at risk of being downgraded due to rapidly growing government deficits. The statement sparked fears that the U.S. could next in line for a [...]

Oil Hits 6-Month High, Saudi Says World Can Cope – Reuters Rise in Sales Points to U.S. Housing Bottom – Reuters U.S. Job Market May Need 5 Years to Fully Heal – Reuters Economists: Recession to End in 2009 – CNNMoney Surge in Supply of Stocks Could Dampen Rally – MarketWatch Treasury Prices Plunge, Mortgage [...]

There has been talk inflation could heat up in the U.S. in the wake of various economic stimulus measures. At least we aren’t in Zimbabwe, where inflation ran at 11.2 million percent in 2008! Highest and lowest rates by country as reported in the Central Intelligence Agency’s “World Fact Book.” Lowest Inflation Rates Highest Inflation [...]

Consumer Confidence, or Consumer Hope? – MarketWatch Is it Really Time To Whip Inflation Now? – CNNMoney Contrarian Concern – MarketWatch Cocoa Prices Go Cold: Turns Out Cocoa Isn’t Recession-Proof – Barron’s Equities Rally Lifts Soybeans; Corn and Wheat Dip – Reuters U.S. Gold Ends Down on Dollar Rise, ETFs Holding Up – Reuters U.S. [...]

Join Lind-Waldock for two live futures trading webinars this week, at no cost. Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Jeff Friedman presents our “Markets on the Move” webinar at 3:30 CT today. Get his thoughts on the U.S. dollar’s direction in light of speculation the U.S. could lose it’s AAA rating, as well as technical and [...]

Memorial Day 2009 Trading Schedule What follows is a consolidated schedule for trading on some of the most popular North American futures markets for the Memorial Day 2009 holiday. All times are CST (Chicago time). The schedule is taken from sources that Lind-Waldock believes are accurate and are subject to change. The schedule has been [...]

Buy in May and Stay? – MarketWatch Gold Tops $960 for First Time in Two Months as Dollar Weakens – MarketWatch Inflation Risks Higher Than Many Think, Plosser Says – MarketWatch Low Pump Prices Lure Americans Back to the Road – Reuters U.S. Natural Gas Rig Count Down to Near 6 1/2-Year Low – Reuters [...]

Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Tim Evans recently presented a webinar on How Currencies Affect Global Markets. You can watch the presentation by clicking the link below. In this webinar, Tim discusses the major currency pairs and their outlook for the rest of the year. View the Webinar Now!