December corn futures, this year’s crop, have sold off more than 25% in the last month due to three primary concerns. First of all, the market was significantly overbought by speculators. These included near record net...
Read MoreThis week I’d like to use the Commitment of Traders Disaggregated Futures and Options report to illustrate exactly why we follow the commercial traders as well as why most individual small speculators lose money on their...
Read MoreThis week I’d like to use the Commitment of Traders Disaggregated Futures and Options report to illustrate exactly why we follow the commercial traders as well as why most individual small speculators lose...
Read MoreThe Sugar market is one of the most volatile commodity markets. Sugar has made four moves of plus or minus more than 50% since the beginning of 2010. Sugar touched .36 cents per pound this February. This was the highest sugar...
Read MoreThis week, I’d like to get away from the pending doom and gloom in Europe and share a little good news on something a little closer to all of our hearts; the morning cup of coffee. We discussed the prospects for higher...
Read MoreIn 1961, John F. Kennedy had an economic dilemma. Facing a recession, how could the U.S. spur long term demand without lowering interest rates, which at the time, would’ve placed the U.S. in the position of lender to the...
Read MoreMonday morning a client and I were discussing what had changed that would explain the shift in investors’ sentiment from safety to risk. According to the several sources I read on a daily basis, my answer was that...
Read MoreWe noted early this month that small traders were overpopulating the gold market and that commercial traders had begun viewing this market as significantly over valued. Several factors this week have pushed this market well into...
Read MoreLargely lost beneath the noise of the S&P downgrade and the legitimate discrepancy allowing France to maintain their AAA rating was the Peoples’ Bank of China’s actions creating new financial channels for opening...
Read MoreWe have alternated our writing to encompass both the behind the scenes reasons for market movement as well as how to navigate and trade the market’s movement. We clearly stated that the debt ceiling rally should have been...
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