Our Senior Market Strategist Phil Streible shared his thoughts on early market action on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” program. He said the “risk trade is on” as stocks and most commodities were gaining early ground, despite this week’s S&P U.S. downgrade and the possibility of a Greece debt default.

Commodities markets have seen widespread corrections early this week, but Lind-Waldock Senior Market Strategist Richard Ilczyszyn said it’s too soon to count commodities out yet, particularly if the U.S. dollar remains weak. Gold slid 2.2% Tuesday and silver tumbled 3.3% as the dollar rallied and CME Group raised its margin requirements for gold, silver, platinum [...]

Is China starting a long-term rate increase cycle? Lind-Waldock Senior Market Strategist Richard Ilczyszyn weighs in on CNBC’s Fast Money. Video recorded Tuesday, October 19.

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.

Friedman’s Futures Forecast: Market Outlook for June By Jeff Friedman Month after month, the global economy has been in focus. There is no doubt the economy looks a little better than it did four months ago, and there’s no doubt it looks better than even a month ago. We heard the term “green shoots” come [...]

Gold Headed to $1,000 an Ounce, Crude Oil Still Shaky By Frank J. Cholly I’m very impressed at how the gold market has been holding up as many other commodities saw prices cut in half or more in the past six months. Investors have been flocking to gold as a safe-haven, and I see $1,000 [...]

Market Outlook for November by Jeff Friedman Before I get into my market outlook, it’s important to emphasize the importance of risk-management in volatile times like we have been experiencing in the markets. There are things you can’t control, so aim to control the ones to can. Know how much you are risking before you [...]