by Aaron Fennell Ongoing trouble in the Eurozone has created ripples throughout global markets this year. One of the appealing things about trading futures is that there are a variety of global instruments that allow you to take position based on your opinion of these events in one or more countries nearly 24 hours a [...]

by Mario Maselli I’ve been looking for a counter rally in the U.S. dollar for some time, and lo and behold, we got it in the past week. The dollar rose to a seven-week high against the euro on Tuesday, November 16 amid renewed Eurozone crisis concerns. I’m not sure it’s time to short the [...]

Gord Weisemann To me the most significant market developments over the past couple weeks have been the continued rise of the bond market combined with a U.S. dollar rally and a crude oil selloff. Even excluding the action in the carry trade (YEN/AUD/CAD), this is a fairly loud and clear sign that investors do not [...]

by Gord Weisemann The notion of a double-dip recession in the U.S. has been back in headlines for the past few weeks, but there’s still no consensus at all as to its probability. In fact there are some analysts who say we’ve already begun the second dip. In contrast to that, we have Canadian employment [...]

by Aaron Fennell It was a wild first week of May for the markets as investors’ fears about debt problems in the Eurozone intensified. A nearly $1 trillion bailout package quickly brought market stability, but I think it might prove to be just a band-aid for the Eurozone and not a cure.

by Gord Weisemann We’ve seen some bullish price developments in futures markets over the past couple weeks that in at least in a few cases, don’t seem to be supported by fundamentals. I think speculators are concentrating a little too heavily on anticipated demand increases. While the first half of the calendar year may bring [...]

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 [...]

by Gord Wiesemann Traders seem to be growing accustomed to or weary of the Greek crisis, so until there’s another shoe hitting the floor we’re going to continue with this choppy, range-bound trading. There really isn’t any new reason to aggressively hammer the U.S. dollar, but there’s also no reason to take the euro to [...]