Darrell Jobman, the Editor-in-Chief at Trader Planet discusses the fundamental factors that investors should watch in the gold market. Although the video was recorded in 2008, the factors discussed are still important to trading and investing in gold.
Gold Fundamentals - Supply

Gold Fundamentals - Demand

Decision Time Looms for Wheat Farmers - WSJ
Investors Wait on the Fed - WSJ
Wheat Futures Fall Further From Drought-Stoked Highs - MarketWatch
Crude Rises 1%; Natural Gas Hits Two-Month Low - MarketWatch
Dollar Firms Ahead of Fed Meeting - MarketWatch
Economy Will Likely Recover with Inflation, not Deflation, to Follow - Minyanville
Gold and Silver: Following Stock Indices or [...]

by Mark Sachs
It’s been a frustrating and volatile year for stock market investors. Just when we thought we were out of the woods after the financial market crisis, trouble in the Eurozone reintroduced the possibility of a global double-dip recession. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Standard & Poor’s 500 [...]

by Gord Weisemann
The U.S. July employment report was disappointing to say the least, and also included a negative revision to the previous month’s numbers. The second week of August brings us an FOMC meeting, where there is a growing feeling that Bernanke may have to add more stimulus to the system in order to get [...]

by Gord Weisemann
The past week has been a risk-on, risk-off, back-and-forth environment. Technically the pro-risk side traders are gaining a little of the upper hand as equity markets have pressed above some trendline resistance. As I write this, the European bank stress test results are being released and the initial outcome looks as though seven [...]

by Drew Shaw
On July 20, the Bank of Canada raised its key short-term interest rate for the second month in a row by 25 basis points, to 0.75 percent. Hawkish policy should support gains in the Canadian dollar, and it’s worth considering bullish strategies using futures and options. However, parity with the U.S. dollar could [...]

Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Jeff Friedman discusses how to trade with stops in various market situations.

Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Aaron Fennell examines how much oil is produced by OPEC vs other parts of the world.

by Aaron Fennell
This year’s hurricane season could prove to be an active one. There are some factors energy traders need to keep in mind regarding how the markets will react as any storms develop, and the differences in volatility between various products.
Hurricanes often move through the Gulf of Mexico, which contains [...]

Oil Prices Climb as Monthly Jobs Report Looms - AP/Yahoo Finance
Room for More Panic in Europe, Felix Salmon Says - Yahoo Finance Tech Ticker
Pending Home Sales Race to 6-Month High - Reuters
Japan PM Hatoyama Resigns - Reuters
Iran Selling 45 Billion Euros of Reserves for Dollars - Bloomberg
Coffee’s Seasonal Swoon May Mean 13% Drop: Technical Analysis [...]