Sharp Drop in Dollar Lifts Commodities – AP Commodity Investors Turn Active – FT Crude Tops $76 to Three-Week High After Petroleum Data – MarketWatch Gold Rises as Dollar Weakens After Home Sales Data – MarketWatch Passport Capital’s Gold Experiment – MarketWatch U.S. Consumer Spending Rises, New Home Sales Slump – Reuters USDA Says Not [...]
Soaring Softs: Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa by Andrew Vallance Gold has been stealing the spotlight the past few months, but softs have been soaring. Sugar and cocoa are trading at their highest levels in nearly three decades, and coffee is trading within reach of a 10-year high. These markets have seen sizable gains, but that [...]
Mass Layoffs Hit 16-Month Low in November – Reuters U.S. Home Sales Bolster Economic Growth Prospects – Reuters Hot Cocoa Prices Means Less Chocolate in Treats – Reuters Gold Beats all in Decade of “Fear and Greed” – Bloomberg China to Boost Imports, Reserves of Key Resources – Bloomberg Inflation, Deflation and Reflation all at [...]
Gold Correction May Have Further to Go By Tom Mikulski The rally we saw in gold this year was unprecedented, but after reaching a new record high of $1,227 an ounce in early December, the market has been struggling. Gold has been in an uptrend since the fourth quarter of 2008, but it really began [...]
Gold Falls on Stronger Dollar, Economic Optimism – MarketWatch Buckle Up for 2010 – Barron’s 2010: It’s all About the Rates – Barron’s Commodity Prices Mostly Fall, Gold Sharply Lower – AP OPEC Set to Leave Output Limits Unchanged – Reuters U.S. East Coast Refineries Seen Unaffected by Snow – Reuters Canada Cattle Farmers Seek [...]
What follows is a consolidated schedule for trading on some of the most popular North American futures markets for the Christmas holiday on Friday, December 25, 2009. All times are Central Time (Chicago). The schedule is taken from sources that Lind-Waldock believes are accurate and are subject to change. The schedule has been assembled for [...]
Natural Gas Surges on Record Supply Drop – AP Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Rise – AP/Investors.com Banks Expand Commodities Trading Desks – Reuters Gold Falls to Mid–Nov Lows as Fed Bolsters Dollar – MarketWatch Treasurys Rally as Greece Inspires Flight to Quality – MarketWatch Roubini Warns of Correction to “Bullion Bubble” – FT Gold Forecast: Jim [...]
Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Aaron Fennell discusses the reasons whether or not you can trade coal futures. This webinar is part of our weekly webinar series, “Futures Forum.”
Fed: Rates to Stay Low – CNNMoney Oil Climbs Nearly 3% on Inventory Drop – CNNMoney U.S. Consumer Prices Rise in November – FT Short View: Oil and Inflation – FT Brazil Shortfalls Add Pressure to Sugar Prices – FT Bank Sees Economic Link Between Commodity Prices, Speculation – WSJ The Case for Optimism on [...]
Gold and Energy Market Outlook by Drew Shaw Gold has been the asset to own in the past year, and now people are starting to question it. On the other hand, natural gas has finally seen a spark and investors are wondering whether it’s time to buy this beleaguered market. The picture for crude oil [...]
