Posts Tagged ‘trade commodity futures and options’

Best and Worst Commodities of the Decade

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Dec 24th, 2009 • Category: Educational, The Lighter Side

CNBC has tracked the best and worst-performing commodities of the decade. You might be surprised to learn gold wasn’t number one–or even number two.  The softs ruled! Read full article.



Rationale for Pre-Holiday Payroll Release

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Jul 2nd, 2009 • Category: Broker Commentary, Market Updates, Trader Viewpoints

The worse-than-expected June employment report is dampening pre-holiday spirit  in stocks and commodities before the 4th of July holiday.  Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Richard Ilczyszyn said when there is a holiday on a Friday, the Labor Department often delays the employment report release until the following week. But this time, the report was released [...]



Watch for Stock Correction, but “Don’t Fight the Tape”

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Apr 17th, 2009 • Category: Broker Commentary, Market Updates

Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Jeff Friedman sees resistance in June S&P at 866-870, and cautions that we could see a possible 5% correction at any time after the market’s 30% rally from its lows.

He said he thinks the market is overbought, but for now,”don’t fight the tape.” Listen to Jeff’s full daily [...]

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