Posts Tagged ‘debt’

CME Raises Margins on Silver; Portugal Needs a Bailout

By Paul Nowak • Mar 25th, 2011 • Category: Broker Commentary, Trading

Jim Comiskey, a senior market strategist at Lind-Waldock, discusses the gold and silver market’s reaction to debt problems in Europe and the recent decision by the CME Group to raise margins on silver.



Commodity News Digest – March 4, 2010

By Paul Nowak • Mar 4th, 2010 • Category: Commodity News Digest

Pending Home Sales Unexpectedly Fall – Bloomberg Copper Extends Declines – Bloomberg Jobless Claims Fall to 469,000 – Business Week Retail Fared Better in February – Wall Street Journal M&A Activity Highest Since 2008 – CNBC Greece Starts 10-Yr Bond Sale – Bloomberg Greece’s Epic Battle Against Debt – CNBC Market Bubbles Might Not Be [...]



Dubai’s Debt Crisis and its Market Impact (Video)

By Paul Nowak • Dec 1st, 2009 • Category: Broker Commentary, Webinars

Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Jeff Friedman discusses the impact of Dubai’s debt crisis on various markets. This video is part of “Lind Market Recap.”



Dubai Rocks Stocks

By Paul Nowak • Nov 27th, 2009 • Category: Market Updates

News of a debt crisis in Dubai shook stocks on what would otherwise be a quiet post-holiday trading session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 154.48 points (1.48%) as Dubai announced on Wednesday that it would ask creditors of the state-owned Dubai World and Nakheel to defer debt payments. The news surprised investors and led [...]



Commodity News Digest

By Paul Nowak • Nov 27th, 2009 • Category: Commodity News Digest

Dubai Fallout Hurts Stocks – Wall Street Journal Stocks & Commodities Slide as Bonds & Dollar Gain on Dubai Debt Crisis – Bloomberg Copper Falls Most in Five Months on Dubai Concerns – Bloomberg Cotton Tumbles Most in Five Weeks – Bloomberg Crude Oil Hits 7-week Low – MarketWatch Gold Drops First Day in 10 [...]