Archive for June, 2009

Commodity News Digest

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Jun 30th, 2009 • Category: Commodity News Digest

Gloomy U.S. Consumers Clip Housing Recovery Hopes – Reuters Can the Fed Raise Rates Earlier Than Expected? – Reuters CFTC Looking for Excessive Speculation – Reuters Top Commodity Indexes up 15 pct in Second Quarter – Reuters/Forbes Did Homeowners Cause the Great Recession? – Forbes Treasurys Fall as Economic Data Brightens – MarketWatch Crude Below [...]



Top Five Trading Mistakes

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Jun 30th, 2009 • Category: Broker Commentary, Educational

Top Five Trading Mistakes by Ben Kim   Over the years I have seen some repeated mistakes new traders make, and most are relatively easy to avoid if you are disciplined. Before I get into my list of the top five trading mistakes, I’ll mention one more that applies to trading as we move closer [...]



Commodity News Digest

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Jun 29th, 2009 • Category: Commodity News Digest

Commodity Rally May Falter on Supply, Speculators – Bloomberg VIX Drops to Lowest Level Since Lehman’s Collapse as Fear Ebbs – Bloomberg Sugar Rises to Three-Year High; India Output May Trail Forecast – Bloomberg Oil Rises Over 3 Percent on Nigeria Attacks – Reuters Gold Ends Tad Down but Dollar in Focus – Reuters CME [...]



Commodity News Digest

By Paul Nowak • Jun 26th, 2009 • Category: Commodity News Digest

China Call for World Currency – Bloomberg Consumer Spending in U.S. Rises – Bloomberg Deflation Fears Ignite in Japan – RealClearMarkets Text of FOMC Statement – RealClearMarkets How Much Power for Fed? – CNBC Inflation is the Real Threat to Sustained Recovery – Alan Greenspan, FT Why Congress Asks Bernanke Bogus Questions – Flow Chart [...]



Listen to Our New Podcasts for Traders

By Paul Nowak • Jun 26th, 2009 • Category: Educational

Education Podcast – Futures Trading for Investors Listen to the Most Recent Episode! The Business of Day Trading Listen to the Most Recent Episode! Friedman’s Futures Forecast – Strictly Technical Hotline Listen to the Most Recent Episode Weekly Review of Commodity Markets Listen to the Most Recent Episode!



Commodity News Digest

By Paul Nowak • Jun 25th, 2009 • Category: Commodity News Digest

U.S. Stocks in Broad Rally – Wall Street Journal New Jobless Claims Rise Unexpectedly to 627k – RealClearMarkets Durable Goods Much Better Than Expected – Wachovia Gold Rises for Third Day – Bloomberg Wheat Falls to Eight-Week Low – Bloomberg U.S. Crisis is Like Japan’s, Only 7 Times Faster – Newsweek Regulatory Reform: A Primer [...]



ETFs vs. E-Minis – Video Presentation

By Paul Nowak • Jun 25th, 2009 • Category: Educational, Webinars

Join Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Michael Sabo for a look at the major differences between trading ETFs and the CME Group’s E-mini stock index futures. Michael will discuss the advantages of trading E-minis on the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ, while also discussing trading strategies for you to consider. This webinar is co-sponsored by [...]



Commodity News Digest

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Jun 24th, 2009 • Category: Commodity News Digest

Fed Holds Policy Steady, Less Worried on Deflation – Reuters NYMEX Crude Reverses Higher on Big Supply Draw – Reuters Gold Cuts Gains After Fed as Dollar Rises – Reuters Fed-Funds Futures Still Show Rate Hike This Year – MarketWatch Copper Rises on OECD Outlook, U.S. Durables Data – MarketWatch Buffett Says U.S. May Need [...]



More Lind Plus Strategists Now on Twitter

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Jun 24th, 2009 • Category: MF Global in the News

Now you can follow six more of our Lind Plus Senior Market Strategists on Twitter. They’ll be tweeting their thoughts, trading ideas and market analysis throughout the day.  Start following them today! Ben Kim http://twitter.com/LWBKim Stuart Kaufman http://twitter.com/LWSKaufman Greg Perlin http://twitter.com/LWGPerlin Jim Barrett http://twitter.com/LWJBarrett Matt Kruspki http://twitter.com/LWMKrupski Brian Booth http://twitter.com/LWBBooth



Commodity News Digest

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Jun 23rd, 2009 • Category: Commodity News Digest

Oil, Gasoline Rise as Dollar Drop Boosts Appeal of Commodities – Bloomberg Dollar Weakens Most in Six Weeks as Fed Speculation Declines – Bloomberg Brazil’s Real Rallies Most in World, Rebounding From Plunge – Bloomberg U.S. Home Sales Rise, Manufacturing Activity Mends – Reuters Optimism Stalls Amid Second Thoughts on Recovery – Reuters Fear Guage [...]