by Gord Wiesemann
Traders seem to be growing accustomed to or weary of the Greek crisis, so until there’s another shoe hitting the floor we’re going to continue with this choppy, range-bound trading. There really isn’t any new reason to aggressively hammer the U.S. dollar, but there’s also no reason to take the euro to [...]

Daylight Savings Adjustment at NYSE Liffe March 15 – 26, 2010
This weekend the U.S. will “spring ahead” to Daylight Savings Time while the time will not change in London and Europe until March 28, 2010. During the three week period from March 15 - March 26, NYSE Liffe announced that the 1:00 a.m. London opening [...]

Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Richard Ilczyszyn appeared on First Business TV on March 4. Get his thoughts on the markets for the day ahead, including oil and gold.

by Drew Shaw
At its March 2 policy meeting, the Bank of Canada (BOC) maintained its benchmark short-term interest rate at an all-time low of 0.25 percent. It’s been at this level since April 2009, and is not expected to change until the end of the second quarter of this year. The BOC said that the [...]

Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist was featured today on First Business TV’s “Trader Talk” segment. Richard discussed the recently disappointing housing report, Bernanke’s testimony and the effect on the S&P.

Gold has surged today, up about $29 an ounce in late afternoon trade, the biggest gain in more than three months. Lind-Waldock Senior Market Strategist Richard Ilczyszyn gave his thoughts on gold and the euro on Canada’s BNN tv today. He said in addition to the latest developments out of Greece and a drop [...]

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

by Dennis Cajigas
Moving Average Convergence/Divergence, otherwise known as MACD, was created by Gerald Appel in the 1960s as a way to analyze market momentum and strength. While it fell out of favor in the early 1980s, it experienced a resurgence of popularity with the development of the MACD histogram by Thomas Aspey in 1986. The [...]

If you’re a Canadian investor or a U.S. investor interested in some perspective from north of the border, we’ve got more ways than ever for you to stay on top of the markets.  Gain a new perspective through daily podcasts, Twitter feeds, and webinars from our Lind Plus Market Strategists based in Canada.

by Phil Streible
There are many different types of chart patterns market technicians focus on when making trading decisions, and many ways to interpret them. That is why technical analysis is truly an art. The key is to be able to recognize these patterns, and implement a trading strategy based on what you think the charts [...]