by Jeffrey Friedman
Fall tends to be a bearish time for the stock market, and as trading volume picks up after the dog days of summer, many investors are a bit cautious about what may come next. People like to talk about psychological levels, and 10,000 in the Dow Jones Industrial Average is one of them. [...]
What follows is a consolidated schedule for trading on some of the most popular North American futures markets for the Labor Day 2010 holiday.
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!
By Kyle McEwan
Fall tends to be a more active time for investors and traders than the summer, and volatility tends to increase in the market as well. I think there are some great opportunities ahead for savvy and nimble investors.
This two-week period before Labor Day is typically the lowest trading volume of the year. The [...]
by Gord Weisemann
Risk is off again in the markets, but the calendar of economic releases, at least out of the U.S. is a little light until the end of the week. The U.S. second-quarter gross domestic product reading comes out on Friday, August 27. I’ve already gone on record saying I expect a noticeable downward [...]
Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Richard Ilczyszyn discusses whether or not gold still has room to run.
by Tom Power
Gold has been in a bullish trend this year, up about 12 percent year-to-date. I think the price of gold is likely to hit $1,300 in the next six months as there are many reasons investors find owning gold attractive.
1. The U.S. Dollar is Falling
Investors no longer seem worried about inflationary pressures. They [...]
Gord Weisemann
To me the most significant market developments over the past couple weeks have been the continued rise of the bond market combined with a U.S. dollar rally and a crude oil selloff. Even excluding the action in the carry trade (YEN/AUD/CAD), this is a fairly loud and clear sign that investors do not see [...]
A drought in Eastern Europe has caused the price of wheat to rise more than 60 percent since June, hitting a two-year high. Now market participants will await the outlook from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which will release its world crop report on Thursday, August 12. Analysts expect the USDA to trim [...]
by Bill Dixon
Both the stock market and Treasury market have been rallied in the past few weeks on a somewhat divergent view of the economy, but sooner or later, I think something has to give, and I think it’s likely going to be stocks.
I don’t think the upward trend in stock indexes [...]
