The MF Global Research team provides its outlook for the markets in February in its “Monthly Global Markets Monitor.” The report covers interest rate products, foreign exchange, money market conditions, U.S. and  European equities and commodities. If you’d like to see more of MF Global Research’s analysis, including intraday audio reports, Lind-Waldock clients can sign [...]

If you missed it live, you can now view a recording of our Traders’ Book Club webinar presented Wednesday, January 26, 2011, with Fari Hamzei. Hamzei is the founder of Hamzei Analytics. and author of Master Traders, Strategies for Superior Returns from Today’s Top Traders. He discussed “High Frequency Stock Index Futures Trading,” focusing on [...]

by Keith Schap Option pricing differs from futures pricing. Option prices move in a ratio to the movement of futures prices. The markets themselves provide the information you need to know what that ratio will be. Consider the corn market. Futures traders must ultimately take into account how much of last year’s crop remains, how [...]

In a call to clients, MF Global Chief Economist Jim O’Sullivan shared his analysis of the December employment report and themes for the U.S. economy this year. He said “a strong case can be made many of the headwinds are fading” in the U.S. economy and for now, “the pluses are starting to win.” The [...]

Toronto-based Senior Market Strategist Aaron Fennell discusses the implications of the Federal Open Market Committee’s September 21 meeting statement, and what the prolonged low-interest rate environment means for the markets. He shares his outlook for the Canadian and U.S. dollar, commodities and the global financial markets in general. Watch a clip from BNN tv.

Lind-Waldock Senior Market Strategist Richard Ilczyszyn talks gold vs. stocks in a lively debate on CNBC with Zacks.com Senior Equity Strategist Dirk van Dijlk. Which looks to have a better return as we head into the fourth-quarter and beyond? Is there a bullish case for both?

Lind-Waldock Sr. Market Strategist Richard Ilczyszyn dubs recent stock market gains a “bear market rally” fueled in part by today’s “quadruple witching” expiration of stock and index options, single-stock futures and stock index futures) He remains cautious amid low-volume in stock indexes, but is more enthusiastic long-term about gold. Hear more in this interview with [...]

Join us for a lively discussion on the state of the economy and the market with best-selling author Robert Wiedemer on October 19, the anniversary of the 1987 market crash known as “Black Monday.” On that day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged more than 508 points, a 22.6 percent drop. Is the market in [...]

Comments on the July Employment report from Nick Kalivas, Vice President of Financial Research with MF Global Research: Stocks poke below the 200 day moving average. This is sparking technical selling. The first hold did not seem to work. The market is also dancing around unchanged on the year. The labor market is unimpressive. Growth [...]

Darrell Jobman, a senior analyst at TraderPlanet.com discusses the various trading opportunities from a fundamental and technical perspective in this comprehensive webinar on the sweetest commodity out there.