Archives for the ‘Futures Feature’ Category

A Greek Tragedy in the Eurozone

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Feb 12th, 2010 • Category: Broker Commentary, Educational, Futures Feature, Market Updates

by Aaron Fennell
The disheartening events taking place in Greece over the past few weeks have been a setback to the global financial recovery. You might be surprised  to learn that Greece’s debt-to-GDP ratio isn’t actually the highest in the Eurozone. It’s interesting to compare countries’ debt-to-GDP ratios, and see how dire the situation really is. [...]



Planetary Forecasting Methods for Traders

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Jan 25th, 2010 • Category: Educational, Futures Feature, Trader Viewpoints

By Ted Phillips
Often, traders focus too much on price, and not enough on time. Time brings change. It’s time, or time cycles that cause short-term or long-term reversals or changes in trend. I want to emphasize how important it is for you as a trader to focus on time, and share techniques to improve your [...]



10 Macro Themes for 2010

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Dec 30th, 2009 • Category: Broker Commentary, Educational, Futures Feature, Trader Viewpoints

MF Global Research just released its “2010 Financial Market Outlook” as well as an extensive paper titled, “10 Macro Themes For 2010.”  You can sign up for a free two-week trial to receive MF Global’s outstanding services and view the full research pieces.  A brief excerpt of its Macro Themes paper is given below.
The financial [...]