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 [...]

The employment situation showed signs of improvement after two key reports this week, lending support to the stock market. A report on private-sector jobs released Wednesday from ADP showed a gain of 91,000 in September, while today, the U.S. Labor Department reported non-farm payrolls rose 103,000 in September. Non-farm payrolls in the Labor Department’s report [...]

Jeff Friedman The stock market’s early year optimism has faded, and major market averages have turned lower. Year-to-date, the S&P 500 is down about 8 percent,  the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 4 percent, and the Nasdaq 100 is down about 1 percent. Is the big bad bear market back? We are clearly in [...]

What follows is a consolidated schedule for trading on some of the most popular North American futures markets for the U.S. Columbus Day holiday (Monday, October 10, 2011) and Canada Thanksgiving Day holiday (Monday, October 10, 2011). Friday, October 7, 2011 CME Group electronically traded interest rate products and FX products on Globex close at [...]

by Tim Haberkorn It’s hard to keep your emotions in check when you trade. This is particularly true in a market such as gold, which investors large and small have been flocking to during times of economic uncertainty. When a market sees such a sharp rise as gold has over the past few years, it [...]

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 [...]