by Gord Weisemann I have been involved in the commodity markets for 17 years, and I have never seen anything like the action on Thursday, May 6, 2010. When the terrorist tragedy of September 11, 2001 unfolded in the United States, I can honestly say that for the hour or two that markets remained open [...]

by Gord Weisemann Traders had to wait an excruciatingly long time for new news since the emergence of the Greek crisis, but finally were handed a Portuguese downgrade and a Euro/Greece aid package. Nice enough I guess–but unfortunately one more or less washes out the other as far as any near-term certainty is concerned. I [...]

On March 15, ICE Futures U.S. launched electronic trading of options on its Dollar Index futures contract. The exchange hosted a recent webinar discussing the benefits of trading these products. David Hightower, principal at Hartfield Trading and Senior Researcher at the Hightower Report, presented a variety of strategies using Dollar Index futures and options for [...]

by Gord Wiesemann The equity markets certainly took the February U.S. employment report as a green light to buy, as the unemployment rate held steady at 9.7 percent and non-farm payrolls were a bit better than expected, falling 36,000.  However, if commodity prices start getting ahead of themselves, the Federal Reserve is going to find [...]

Dollar Decline, Commodity Rebound a Matter of Time By Matt Roma For a while I have been predicting a decline in the U.S. dollar, which has not come to fruition. However, I believe my predictions have just been a little premature. The dollar is still benefiting from safe-haven flows, but it’s only a matter of [...]