Posts Tagged ‘s&p 500’

Markets to Watch this Week

By Paul Nowak • Mar 22nd, 2010 • Category: Broker Commentary, Trading, Webinars

Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Blake Robben takes a look at various commodity markets in this webinar, specifically:  gold, coffee, corn and RBOB gasoline. Blake also discusses the S&P 500 in light of major health care legislation and continued problems in Greece. Blake analyzes the major fundamental and technical factors affecting these markets, while offering [...]



Could January Set the Tone for Markets in 2010?

By Paul Nowak • Jan 5th, 2010 • Category: Podcasts

Topics include: How January’s market movements could set the tone for 2010; the U.S. dollar’s influence on other commodities; technical levels to watch.

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Learn Pivot Point Trading for the E-mini S&P 500

By Paul Nowak • Aug 19th, 2009 • Category: Webinars

Today’s Webinar – 3:30 p.m. CT – Enter Webinar Room Now! Pivot points are a popular technical tool among traders to determine important support and resistance levels. Join Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Jeff Friedman for a look at how you could use pivot point trading techniques to make more informed trading decisions. Jeff will [...]



ETFs vs. E-Minis – Video Presentation

By Paul Nowak • Jun 25th, 2009 • Category: Educational, Webinars

Join Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Michael Sabo for a look at the major differences between trading ETFs and the CME Group’s E-mini stock index futures. Michael will discuss the advantages of trading E-minis on the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ, while also discussing trading strategies for you to consider. This webinar is co-sponsored by [...]



Trading Strategies Using Pivot Points

By Paul Nowak • Jan 14th, 2009 • Category: Broker Commentary

Trading Strategies Using Pivot Points By Jeff Friedman There’s no doubt the economy is sick. The last quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009 are likely to reflect the worst part of this recession, in my opinion. If that is the case, we may be seeing the formation of bottoms in a number [...]



Commodity News Digest

By Paul Nowak • Nov 20th, 2008 • Category: Commodity News Digest

S&P 500 Falls Nearly 7%; Lowest Close Since 1997 – Bloomberg U.S. Jobless Claims Approach Highest Level Since 1982 – Bloomberg Crude Oil at 3-Year Lows – RealClearMarkets Gold Rises a Second Day on Speculation Interest Rates Will Fall – Bloomberg World Markets Continue Down – RealClearMarkets Corn, Soybeans, Wheat Fall as Demand May Drop [...]



Daily News Digest

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Oct 7th, 2008 • Category: Commodity News Digest

Dow Falls 500 Points; S&P Below 1,000 – Bloomberg Is the Credit Crunch Ever Going to End? – New York Times Are We Depressed Yet? – Los Angeles Times We’re Not Heading for a Depression – Wall Street Journal Neither Rome Nor Confidence Were Built in a Day – MarketWatch Bernanke Signals Fed May Cut [...]



Friedman’s Futures Forecast: October

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Oct 2nd, 2008 • Category: Broker Commentary, MF Global in the News, Market Updates, Trader Viewpoints

Friedman’s Futures Forecast: October By Jeff Friedman All I can say with some certainty about the market outlook for October is that volatility has exploded—get used to it! We are in historic times. Last month, I thought the stock market might test a bottom, but that we’d largely have a trading affair in most commodity [...]



Why the S&P 500 Should be Strangled

By Paul Nowak • Sep 5th, 2008 • Category: Broker Commentary

By Michael Sabo During the entire month of August, the stock market basically did nothing. It’s been up, it’s been down, but really hasn’t gone anywhere. The S&P 500 is in the same place now as it was back in July. What do you do when a market doesn’t want to go anywhere? You strangle [...]



Friedman’s Futures Forecast: August

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Aug 7th, 2008 • Category: Broker Commentary, Market Updates

Friedman’s Futures Forecast: August By Jeff Friedman Last month, my big-picture themes for traders were to keep your eye on the U.S. dollar, and also China. These remain driving factors this month, too. But now, in early August, one major trend has changed: commodities are no longer going through the roof and are in midst [...]