Archive for August, 2010

Commodity News Digest – August 31, 2010

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Aug 31st, 2010 • Category: Commodity News Digest

Consumer Confidence Inches up in August – AP/Yahoo News Gold: Is it Really a Safe Haven? – Telegraph U.K. Speculators Hike Long Gold Positions, Cut Copper – KitcoNews Fed Mulls Stimulus if Outlook Worsens Appreciably – Reuters ICE Cocoa Sets 13-1/2 Month Low, Crop Outlook Weighs – Reuters/Fox Business Guage of Wall Street Worries Rockets [...]



Futures Trading Hours for Labor Day Holiday

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Aug 31st, 2010 • Category: MF Global in the News, Market Updates

What follows is a consolidated schedule for trading on some of the most popular North American futures markets for the Labor Day 2010 holiday.



Daily Technicals by Jeff Friedman – Aug 31

By Jeff Friedman • Aug 31st, 2010 • Category: Podcasts

Get daily financial market commentary on commodity futures markets from Lind-Waldock’s senior market strategist, Jeff Friedman. You’ll get trading ideas and strategies to consider as a trader.

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Commodity News Digest – August 30, 2010

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Aug 30th, 2010 • Category: Commodity News Digest

Savings Rate Inches Lower in July , U.S. Data Show – MarketWatch Gold Inches Up, Copper Hits Four-Month High – MarketWatch Consumer Spending Offers Hope on Economy – Reuters Earl Becomes Major Hurricane, Could Swipe U.S. East – Reuters Yen Gains Broadly as BOJ Easing Move Disappoints – Reuters Corn Nears High Prices for Year [...]



Video: How to Hedge a Variable Rate Mortgage

By Paul Nowak • Aug 27th, 2010 • Category: Broker Commentary, Trading

Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Aaron Fennell discusses how one can use Bankers Acceptance Futures or Eurodollar money market futures to hedge variable interest rate mortgages and loans. Watch it Now!



John Kurgan Returns September 7th

By John Kurgan • Aug 27th, 2010 • Category: Podcasts

John Kurgan is a Toronto based commodity broker with over 20 years experience. John is away on Vacaton this week returning on September 7th.

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Commodity News Digest – August 27, 2010

By Paul Nowak • Aug 27th, 2010 • Category: Commodity News Digest

Why Are Bond Yields Going So Low? – Calafia Beach Pundit Crude Oil Advances – Bloomberg Pensions & Our Fiscal Futures – Arnold Schwarzenegger, Wall Street Journal The Dangers of Big Government Debt – Investor’s Business Daily Wheat Climbs for Second Day After Grains Council Reduces Harvest Estimate – Bloomberg How to Solve Our Tax [...]



Daily Technicals by Jeff Friedman – Aug 27, 2010

By Jeff Friedman • Aug 27th, 2010 • Category: Podcasts

Get daily financial market commentary on commodity futures markets from Lind-Waldock’s senior market strategist, Jeff Friedman. You’ll get trading ideas and strategies to consider as a trader.

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Forex focuses on Jackson Hole – John Kurgan Aug 27

By John Kurgan • Aug 27th, 2010 • Category: Podcasts

John Kurgan is a Toronto based commodity broker with over 20 years trading experience. John welcomes calls from his Canadain listeners to his trading desk at 1-866-842-1258 or email him at jkurgan@lind-waldock.com

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Commodity News Digest – August 26

By Paul Nowak • Aug 26th, 2010 • Category: Commodity News Digest

Is the United States the Next Japan – MSN Money An Argument Against a Nation Full of Homeowners – Time Head-and-Shoulders Portends Market Double-Dip – Barron’s Bad Economic News Sets Up a Market ‘Fix’ – New York Post Fed’s Message to Savers: Drop Dead – American Spectator Smart Arguments for Raising Interest Rates – BusinessWeek [...]