Our Senior Market Strategist Jim Comiskey was interviewed by TF Metal’s Report on October 22, 2011. He covers a gamut of issues facing commodity traders, including the Occupy Wall Street movement, fundamentals facing metals markets and ways to trade them. Listen to the  lively, insightful discussion with the entertaining and irreverent trader “Turd” Ferguson, a [...]

Our Senior Market Strategist Jeff Friedman discusses headwinds facing the economy and the outlook for corporate earnings on TheStreet tv. He said the fourth quarter isn’t going to be “all that great” but added that much of the bad news is already priced in. An impasse in European bailout talks pushed major U.S. stock market [...]

Gold has benefited this year from investor safe-haven buying during numerous periods of economic and geopolitical uncertainty. In the past few months, however, gold has seen periods of heavy selling despite a lack of resolution of the debt and employment problems plaguing Europe and the U.S. Gold has declined about 13 percent since touching a [...]

Gold rallied today as safe-haven buying seemed to return amid renewed Eurozone worries. December futures settled up $35.40 per ounce at $1,657.70. Our Senior Market Strategist Phil Streible shares his outlook for gold, and why he feels it’s time to buy in this video interview with theStreet.com. Futures trading involves substantial risk of loss and [...]

Our Senior Market Strategist Phil Streible gives a futures market recap for the week, Friday morning on CNBC.  Phil suggest that next week there will still be an important eye on Europe.  Phil also discusses the recent sell-off in copper.

Gold is down sharply in early trade, extending last week’s losses. The COMEX December contract fell more than $40 an ounce Monday to slide below $1,600. On Friday, CME Group announced increased margins in its metals contracts, which has added to liquidation pressure. The initial speculative margin for 100-oz gold is now $11,475, while the [...]

Gold took a big tumble on Friday, closing down 5.9 percent at $1,639.80 an ounce. It was gold’s worst one-day percentage loss since June 2006 as investors sold metals to raise cash.  Where do you think gold’s headed next? Visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/mfglobal, “like us” and cast your vote in our new weekly [...]

The Federal Reserve’s “Operation Twist” program, announced after its September policy meeting Wednesday, failed to restore market confidence as major stock market indexes tumbled and commodities sank nearly across the board. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 391 points Thursday after losing 284 points on Wednesday. Gold fell more than$ 66 an ounce and [...]

Our Account Specialist Joe Vaclavik shares his outlook for grains from the CME Group trading floor. He said there are a lot of issues “pushing and pulling at corn” in both directions. Hear more in the clip below. Futures trading involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for all investors

by Michael Sabo Agricultural markets can offer some interesting opportunities for a trader during growing season, and this year has been no exception. Going back to July 2010, corn was trading around $4.20 a bushel. Since that time, this market has been in a bullish trend, as less-than-ideal growing conditions have created concerns yields won’t [...]