Economic Indicators

Weekly Leading As previously discussed, the two weekly indicator sets have plunged since 6/08 ... the Treasury market. It includes production, commodities prices, the CPI, the 91-day T-bill yield ... . I use weekly data pieces of it to trade bonds. (For another such measure, click here.) Capital Slack [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 21:52:49

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The Fed's Desired 'Weaker Dollar'

A: Fed cut 50 basis points yesterday and until the last five minutes of trading, the markets enjoyed it. Why not right? Now, I have been in the camp of rate cuts for about 4 months now, once the commodity bubble ... in the near future. While housing and credit contract, are prices everywhere going down though [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 12:09:45

Apricots;

Golden Apricots;This time of year stone fruits like apricots come onto the market, or if you are lucky you have a tree with ripening fruits ... have been cultivated in Persia since antiquity, and dried ones were an important commodity on Persian trade [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 02:57:00

Asian Session - Market Hits a Summer Pause

Market Brief Usd consolidated in Asian session, as the current environment paints a mixed picture creating indecision in traders ... trades followed a similar pattern. Commodity bloc ccy’s continued to hold up despite general pullback in commodity prices. AudUsd was able to rally off the 0.9680 [more...]

Date: 2008-07-18 09:00:31

Stock Market Dictionary - D

DFifth letter of a NASDAQ stock symbol specifying that it is a new issue, such as the result of a reverse split ... commodity, futures, and options markets are allowed to rise or fall in a day. Exchanges usually impose ... in the context of stocks to refer to the date trading begins on a new stock issued to the public.Date [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 16:33:00

Market Mayhem Watch: Fear and Greed

Guido can't resist and is now actively trading once again in financial markets, attracted by the blood on the streets of New York and London ... to financial futures, foreign exchange and commodities rather than individual stocks. Have an aversion [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 08:29:41

personal finance free ware

personal finance free ware 2009-01-05 16:01 at 2009-01-05 16:01 · Filed under stock market investing Medical malpractice, while rough to accept, ... by the Palmerston Government to help excavation group save for their futures and as a means of raising commodity day future investing trading funds for populace spending. Im conversation about a live [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 21:02:31

U.S Market Update

- Markets are off their best levels in early trading as traders give up some of the gains from yesterday's rally ... levels not seen in nearly a month. Commodity stocks in general are seeing a snap back from [more...]

Date: 2008-07-09 17:52:37

“Saturday Seminars” - Keep It Simple Stupid: Trading with the Elliott Wave

Using Elliott Wave successfully means using it simply ... . Along with the basics, Mark shares several trading approaches to the Elliott Wave sequence ... -time commentary on dozens of global equity, bond, currency, and commodity markets for professional [more...]

Date: 2008-07-26 10:00:40

Obama picks signal tighter market oversight

[ President-elect Barack Obama, right, announces more members to his economic team, left to right, Securities Exchange Commission chairman- designate, Mary Schapiro, Commodities Futures Trading Commission chairman-designate Gary Gensler and Federal Reserve Board of Governors- designate Daniel [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 00:49:42

DJ Mexico,C. Amer Cash Coffee: Little Trade As Buyers Eye Stocks

Last update: 8:35 p.m. EST Jan. 9, 2009 MEXICO CITY, Jan 09, 2009 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex) -- Physical trading was slow this week in the cash coffee markets of Mexico and Central [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 13:50:16

Gold and silver market manipulation update

Remarks by Chris Powell, Secretary/Treasurer Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc ... as some related developments. Maybe most interesting have been the studies of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading [more...]

Date: 2008-11-15 15:03:15

Market Monopoly

A bonus Friday afternoon guest post via Macro Man -- a portfolio manager at a London-based hedge fund, he trades global currencies, equities, fixed income, and commodities. Over a long and varied career, Macro Man has been an international economist, a sell-side currency strategist, and a currency options market-maker. His amusing Friday [more...]

Date: 2008-08-29 18:30:00

Oh, and Oil Is Rallying Again

The surest path to an oil-market rally is through the road that leads from Tehran to Jerusalem, with perhaps a side trip to Lagos. [ ... once again,” says Scott Magnuson, commodity trading advisor at MF Global. Nigeria is in the mix [more...]

Date: 2008-07-11 14:28:03

International Trade Seizing Up Due to Banking Crisis (Updated)

I have been more than a tad concerned about near-paralysis in the money markets and imploding equity prices ... shortages of commodities begins to show up. THE CENTRAL BANKS CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN OR WE HAVE NO ECONOMY ... comes from the Financial Post, "Grain piles up in ports" (hat tip reader Vox Sanus): The credit [more...]

Date: 2008-10-10 02:56:53

In The News Today

Jim Sinclair’s Commentary A hint for the market "Wise Guys ... Gold Shares (trading symbol GLD) climbed to 705.90 metric tons on July 11, before backing down ... . Rising ETF holdings are generally described as supportive for a commodity such as gold or silver [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 18:43:51

Stock Market Dictionary - C

CFifth letter of a Nasdaq stock descriptor specifying that issue is exempt from Nasdaq listing requirements for a temporary period ... taxesCFCSee: Controlled foreign corporationCFRSee: Cost and FreightCFTCSee: Commodity Futures Trading [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 16:33:00

Wall Street hopes for economic recovery in the second half of 2009 after terrible 2008

NEW YORK (AP) -- The last trading day of 2008 on Wall Street provided a merciful end to an abysmal year -- the worst since the Great Depression, ... an unprecedented rush for the safety of Treasury bills, notes and bonds. Commodities markets, usually ignored [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 07:10:00

Fed?s Stern Optimistic on Treasury Plan to Buy Assets

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Gary Stern said Thursday he is “cautiously optimistic” about the recently passed Treasury plan to buy ... -related investments from the market in a bid to get the financial system trading openly again. Stern ... of inflation, absent a resurgence in energy and other commodity prices.” He added that inflation [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 10:52:00

Bias may remain negative

The market is expected to remain negative with a sideways movement during intra-day trades ... . In the commodity space, the Comex gold for February series gained by 10 cents to settle at $854.60 a troy ounce. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 04:15:00

Size Does Matter- It helps to survive the market

by singapore trader reports The legendary commodities trader Ed Seykota, who turned $5,000 into $15 million over a period of 12 years, ... - that is, determining how much money you will risk on any single given trade - to the overall ... same time? It is all about position-sizing - how much money you are willing to bet on each trade [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 04:05:22

Silver Giving Thanks to Gold

By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News Like many commodities heading into the traditional Thanksgiving slowdown, ... , says Crown Forex. Trading will likely slow for the rest of the week as U.S. markets close ... since last Friday and has managed to hold on to most of its gains going into the holiday.  “ [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 16:18:06

Mind Games of Trading (Paperback)

Mind Games of Trading by Stephen Mepstead Review & Details Buy Mind Games of Trading Now Editorial Reviews Product Description " ... appointed in 1993, through to 2001, as trading advisor and consultant to M.A.M. He was a member ... No matter what markets you are turning your attention to: financials, equities, commodities, forex [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 08:29:00

CME permits limited AIG block trades

NEW YORK (Reuters) - CME Group said on Tuesday that it took emergency action on Tuesday permitting limited block trades by American International Group Inc in certain CME and CBOT commodity future products to help protect orderly functioning of the market. [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 01:53:02

Speculators are Part of the Market

In a July 21, 2008 column in the Jewish World Review with a shouting headline of STOP OIL SPECULATION NOW! ... trade the right to specified quantities of a specified commodity to be delivered at some point ... to deliver a barrel of crude petroleum on December 1, 2016 at a price of $150. Traders who believe the price [more...]

Date: 2008-07-24 22:30:22

Studies show increased consumer interest in a variety of sports betting market areas

“I’m excited about the future possibilities in our sports betting industry,” said manager Sakamoto Bollacker, ... market will slow acquisition down, stocks will continue to trade hands. News of possible lay-offs ... leadership last year.” “I’m doubtful of a fast turnaround,” said Mechelle Mcevers, a commodities [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 05:01:01

Valuations

By Joe Chase of IndexBeating.com The latest trades I have made reflect two situations in which the market has assigned prices to securities that do not reflect their true value.  I think I will be able to profit from identifying these mispricings.  The first is  a commodity that I have been writing about recently and has fallen over 70 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 20:00:58

New Year’s rally for suckers, hold onto gold!

Order my book online from this link You have to imagine the hedge fund professionals playing it cool yesterday while the Dow rallied by 2 ... trading strategy. The numbers still look awful and the Dow is way too high given the outlook for losses ... in sight. Lower commodity prices, particularly oil, and some improvement to the credit markets [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 07:34:54

Asia Likely to Lead the US Markets Higher...

Are you ready for 2009? Asia's investors were ready to go ... trading was light, it was interesting to note that Asian commodities traders were most active. Buyers ... futures are rising, so you can expect that for those traders active in the US tomorrow [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 07:08:00

Jim Rogers on stocks, bonds, and silver

Famed investor Jim Rogers has been in the news quite a bit lately. Last week he was in New York for a conference on commodities, yesterday he was in Seoul speaking ... will be ``in a trading range for years to come,'' he said. ... ``I have started going back into the markets; that does [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 15:37:50

Naughty and nice in the oil markets

It’s an iconic scene, playing out in many movies from Trading Places and Wall Street to A Good Year (below) ... that hedging, rather than speculation, is at fault.  Refiner SemGroup overinvested in oil futures ... investors tend to hold long positions in commodities as inflation hedges. Losses in stocks forced [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 20:17:00

Make Money in the Stock Market- Don’t Get Bucked Off the Bull!

We all saw the traders feast on the 5 day rally last week, ... valuable lesson Position-Sizing: The Key to Survival The legendary commodities trader Ed Seykota ... you will risk on any single given trade – to the overall success of any trader’s trading plan. He told [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 03:00:04

Riding the Chesapeake Waves

Chesapeake As major commodities have been hammered in the quest to unwind losing positions, commodity-related companies have also taken a big hit ... to heavy volatility in the options market of late. Equity derivatives strategist Sveinn Palsson ... than an established S&P 500 component.” Trading in options has been heavy, with activity both in put [more...]

Date: 2008-10-23 16:07:01

Oil falls below $54 as US demand outlook worsens

Markets in the United States are closed Thursday for the Thanksgiving holiday, but electronic trading on the Nymex continues ... from a low of $52.62 earlier in the session. Investors tend to increase their holdings in commodities ... cents to $53.21 on the ICE Futures exchange. Prices have hovered just above three-year lows [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 13:01:00

Don't Shoot The Price Messenger, aka Speculator

The futures market may be a convenient scapegoat, but it's simply a price discovery mechanism ... and demand, as well as the rate of inflation. The political theory is that such futures trading ... fundamentals. Thus, $4 gas. But there's no inherent reason to "bet" that commodities will go up rather than [more...]

Date: 2008-06-24 15:39:02

Technical Picture - Follow Through

The U.S. markets opened with a gap up following President Elect Obama's comments on Meet the Press regarding big stimulus to get the economy moving ... % drop in the $USD sparked buying interest in commodities . Oil rose 8% to $44.05 per barrel ... guidance TXN, BRCM, and ALTR. Futures trading just modestly lower. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 02:06:00

EDITORIAL : Buy Malaysian

THERE used to be a time when we could rely on the world to buy our commodities and manufactured goods. But, like it or not, our exports are shrinking and we can no longer depend on trade with other countries to prosper. We have to shift our focus to making the domestic market the engine of growth [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 04:16:07

Crosscurrents

After today's pullback, the market has relieved much of the oversold conditions and left many individual stock charts sitting on technical support. Despite today's weakness, commodity and energy names remain in intermediate-term uptrends ... the lows, in a tight ascending trading range.- OIH is providing a good entry here for a starter position [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 22:29:00

Mr. L.Purevdorj, a newly appointed President of Mongol Bank: will study of providing more money into the market.

Shortly after appointed as the President of Mongol Bank, Mr. L.Purevdorj answered some questions from media ... trade balance, banking risk. We must increase our currency reserve. We have to work on attracting ... is imported to Mongolia through copper commodity price fall. We shall get rid of this position [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 04:25:13

Better

Party Like It's 1975? Gary Kaltbaum As the first few trading days of January goes: the major indexes have all edged above the 50-day average, commodities are coming off their crash lows, and earnings will be coming out in droves soon. According to Gary Kaltbaum, not everything is perfect but the market is looking better. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 16:00:00

Weekly Market Update Report

January 7, 2009DairyCHEESE: Barrels closed at $1.1300 and 40# blocks at $1.1325. The weekly average for barrels is $1.2283 (-.1059) and blocks, $1 ... steady early in the week, but declined by 1 cent on the last trading day of the year at the CME ... session block daily close at $1.1325, just above the CCC (Commodity Credit Corporation) government [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 14:10:00

Continuing With a Theme

Yesterday's thesis led to a good day of trading. This is from an earlier post, but I am adopting it as my honorary quote for the new year: ... and commodity sectors, including the following charts in particular: SD, NOV, CPX, FSLR, CLR, AMAT, MOS ... move, but the charts are less compelling those from the weekend. The overall market is looking weak [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 05:54:00

Who let the oil market be manipulated?

For anyone who believes that speculation by energy traders explains at least a portion of the run-up in oil prices, the announcement that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is investigating oil market ... some commodity trading exchanges to operate without oversight while others must report what's going [more...]

Date: 2008-05-30 15:51:47

Nikkei to Cash, Gold Bearish

Sheesh. Hope you survived the week in one piece! We're just 100 points on the S&P 500 from the Oct. 2002 low of 777. Amazing ... by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. (See my "How It Works" page for details.) Trading new signals ... , derivatives, Black Swans, market timing, trading system development, CFTC, Commodity Futures Trading [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 20:33:00

Flip That House - Houses Were Traded Like Commodities

Commodities are items of value and uniform quality produced in large quantities and sold in an open market ... to do with making money in the transaction. In a commodities or securities market, rallies unsupported ... one of the world’s largest and most highly leveraged commodity markets: residential real estate. Commodities [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 17:20:10

Forex Market Seasonal Patterns - Really!

Much of the time, when the idea of seasonal patterns is brought up in trading and the financial markets it is related to commodities. The commodity market, with its production cycles (crop harvest times, winter heating, summer ...  was something many traders would probably find extremely valuable, I put together a full 175 page research [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 13:25:57

Oil Scapegoat Update: CFTC Finally Finds Some Evil Speculators!

The Netherlands is known more for its bucolic landscapes, dotted with windmills and tulip beds, than for its connection to energy markets. But that's where the Commodities Futures Trading ... the CFTC launched its probe into irregularities in energy markets. FT: The Commodity Futures Trading [more...]

Date: 2008-07-24 18:13:00

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