Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Aaron Fennell discusses trade balances in the United States and Canada. This webinar is part of our weekly webinar series, “Futures Forum.”

Gold spiked to a record high today at $1,045 an ounce. The rally was triggered by a report that Gulf states would stop using the U.S. dollar for oil trading. The report indicated that the Gulf states would replace the dollar-based oil trading with a basket of currencies would include gold. Top officials and central [...]

Here’s an interesting site to look at:  www.usdebtclock.org. This is a clock that continuously tracks the U.S. national debt. Click on the image below to see the numbers change in real-time.

Gold Falls as Demand for Haven Wanes – Bloomberg The Consensus on Gold is No Consensus – SmartMoney Stocks Decline on Banking Concerns – Bloomberg The Stock Market: The Little Engine That Could – TheStreet.com The American Economy: A Faint Sound of Applause – The Economist China Engages in Dollar Deception – Washington Post The [...]

House Passes Auto Bailout – New York Times Crude Oil Surges Most in 5 Weeks – Bloomberg Jobless Claims Surge – RealClearMarkets Gold Rises to Eight-Week High – Bloomberg Change is Coming to the World of Finance – BusinessWeek We Need a Bailout Exit Strategy – Wall Street Journal Is the Bear Market Finally Over? [...]

By Jim Comiskey The markets have continued their volatile ways. It has been two months of sharp drops and big rebounds. Overall, the stock market and many commodity markets have trended much lower and it’s really hard to call a bottom in these markets.

Worries Send Stocks Lower – Yahoo Finance Crude Oil Falls Below $59 – Bloomberg Gold Drops on Global Recession Concerns – Bloomberg Regulators Urge More Lending – Reuters Stocks Drop in Europe, Asia – Bloomberg The Law of Unintended Economic Consequences – Forbes Small Business Confidence Declines – Reuters How Far Has the Dollar Climbed? [...]

U.S. Stock Market Rallies Over 10 Percent – Bloomberg Yen Declines Most Versus Dollar Since 1974 – Bloomberg U.S. Consumer Confidence Drops to Record Low – Bloomberg Crude Oil Rises as Global Stocks Rebound, OPEC Considers Meeting – Bloomberg Plunging Markets Are Far From Irrational – Times of London Gold Futures Fall as Dollar Strengthens [...]

U.S. Stocks Drop as Housing Slump Worsens – Bloomberg My Money and Mouth Say Equities – Warren Buffet, New York Times Warren Buffet’s Buying, But Should You? – Jim Cr0/16amer, TheStreet.com Calamity May Have Been Averted, But the Crunch is Not Over – The Economist Consumer Confidence Falls Most on Record – Bloomberg A Defining [...]

Feds Cut Rate 50 Basis Points – RealClearMarkets How to Unfreeze Bank Lending – Wall Street Journal Fed Tries to Find What Works in Mess – Bloomberg Good Policies Could Save the Economy – Wall Street Journal Britain Bails Out Banks – Reuters Fed Will Lend Directly to Firms – Wall Street Journal The Economy [...]