By Frank D. Cholly The U.S. dollar’s rally, which started in mid-July and has continued through August, has led many commodities lower in the past few weeks. However, there is one unique commodity that hasn’t fallen with the rest, and that commodity is sugar. Read mor or watch the video below. <span class=”mceItemObject” classid=”clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000″ id=”ooyalaPlayer_4vnlf_fke0qbno” [...]

By Jim Barrett The July 4 holiday weekend has proven to be a turning point for just about all commodity futures this year. Daily charts in corn, coffee, cocoa, sugar, and natural gas all show important multi-year peaks – and I mean peaks. Obviously, the second half of 2008 is unfolding in a dramatically different [...]

By Blake Robben During the next 6-9 months, I believe sugar and natural gas will move substantially higher. However, since commodity markets can be choppy, I don’t recommend buying the futures on these commodities outright. Rather, I would recommend call option spreads that involve a downside risk parameter, which allows a trader to know the [...]

Greg Milkovich, a senior market strategist in our Lind Plus broker assisted division, doesn’t think so. Commodities such as gold and crude oil have fallen in the past week, but Greg believes it might be a good idea to buy dips in some of these commodity markets. You can read his commentary here or watch [...]

Lind Plus Senior Market Strategists Adam Klopfenstein and Phil Streible were both quoted in Bloomberg articles in the past week. Read Phil’s thoughts on sugar in an article by Ron Day on July 22, and Adam’s comments on a mid-July commodity slide in articles by Millie Munshi and Ron Day on July 18. Phil Streible [...]

Sugar Correction a Sweet Opportunity By Phil Streible Many commodities have seen pullbacks over the past week, but these types of corrections can bring opportunities for traders wanting to establish bullish positions at cheaper levels. Crude oil made headlines last week by posting its worst one-week decline since December 2004, dropping more than 11 percent [...]

The U.S. dollar’s affect on commodity markets can’t be overlooked. It’s part of the reason (along with demand) that commodities have been in a bull market. Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Matt Roma presented a webinar yesterday on how the dollar affects the energies, grains and softs. You can view the webinar below or read [...]

Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Phil Streible says coffee and sugar are two commodities that are looking bullish from both fundamental and technical perspectives, and he’s recommending some options trading strategies for ICE Futures coffee and sugar contracts. Grab a cup, and get the details.

Commodity markets are in the news every day now, from record-high gasoline prices in the United States to food riots around the world. If you want to understand how it all got started and where it all might end up, read “Hot Commodities: How Anyone Can Invest Profitably in the World’s Best Market,” by Jim Rogers.