Gold futures extended their record run Tuesday, settling above $1,300 an ounce.  The December contract pushed to $1,315 in early trade this morning, but trade looks to be choppy.  Expectations of further easing moves by the Federal Reserve have weakened the U.S. dollar and kept the bull run alive in gold.  Senior Market Strategist Richard [...]

by Mark Sachs It’s been a frustrating and volatile year for stock market investors. Just when we thought we were out of the woods after the financial market crisis, trouble in the Eurozone reintroduced the possibility of a global double-dip recession. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Standard & Poor’s 500 fell into [...]

Thoughts on Natural Gas by Matt Krupski Natural gas futures fell to a seven-year low after the release of weekly inventory data from the Energy Information Administration. NYMEX September futures slid under $3 per million British thermal units. The question is, how low can natural gas go? The EIA reported an injection into storage of [...]

Crude Oil Top Not In, Still Opportunities for Bulls By Tim Haberkorn Worries about inflation are heating up. Investors have been looking for inflation hedges and turning to commodities. A lot of that interest is directed at the energy markets, sending crude oil to new highs for the year at just above $70 a barrel. [...]

The March Producer Price Index came in down 1.2%, and was flat excluding food and energy. It was the worst year-over-year reading since 1950. Retail sales were slightly negative, down 1.1% in March, with retail sales excluding autos down 0.9%. Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Jeff Friedman said the stock market is overbought and looks [...]

This morning’s bleak (as expected) employment report showed an uptick in the unemployment rate to a 16-year high at 7.6 percent. The stock market did not sell off, which the media took to mean the dire economic situation would force through a new stimulus plan. Crude oil, however, slid to a two-week low under $40 [...]

Treasury Futures Could See Post-FOMC Decline By Mike Marshall There has been much talk of a bubble forming in the Treasury bond market recently and  my partner Greg Perlin and I  are looking to take advantage of a downside correction. CME Group Federal Funds futures are currently pricing in a 75 basis-point cut in interest [...]

Economic Bailout Fallout: Hyperinflation? By Matt Roma “The main cause of hyperinflation is a massive and rapid increase in the amount of money, which is not supported by growth in the output of goods and services. This results in an imbalance between the supply and demand for the money…” –Wikipedia We have to step back [...]