Author: Andy Waldock

I’m re- posting an article I read this week. It’s so easy to focus on the problems and argue about the details. I had completely forgotten the magnitude of Canada’s economic turnaround. This is a great example...

There’s a difference between a tradeable rally and a fundamentally sound trend. The stock market has been exceptionally strong since Labor Day, turning positive for the year around the middle of September. During this...

The United States’ energy dependence has followed the same path as a junkie. We have become addicted to cheap oil over the last forty years. In fact, our entire economy was built on cheap oil. Just like any good junky, we...

Commodity Prices have been on a tear. No question about it. Gold has traded over $1,300 per ounce and silver is over $21 an ounce. The grain markets have seen huge gains in corn, beans, rice and oats. Even markets like coffee,...

The National Bureau of Economic Research, the ones in charge of official business cycle dating, said Monday that the recession officially ended in June of 2009. Their statement allowed that although economic conditions may not...

November natural gas may very well be forming a tradable bottom at these levels. There are several reasons for this. 1) Seasonal patterns in November natural gas tend from the last week of August through the first week of...

Corn continues to march to new highs, now trading around $4.80 per bushel. Much of what we’re seeing is demand driven. I was looking at corn sales for the marketing year ending September 1st and it validated much of what...