Author: Lind-Waldock

Crude oil futures were lower this morning after crossing $73 a barrel on Thursday. According to a Bloomberg article, arecord plunge in European industrial production prompted speculation that bets on an economic recovery are...

iStock Analyst’s “Prudent Speculation”columnist took note of one of our new tv commercials running on CNBC, in which people talk about commodities in three different settings: an airport, gym and office....

Natural gas has been the worst-performing commodity this year, falling more than 30 percent since the end of December and sliding to a six-year low in April. Weakness in the U.S. dollar, which has buoyed many commodities,...

Crude oil has now ticked above $71 a barrel, a seven-month high, after the Energy Information Administration (EIA) raised its demand outlook for 2009, and a report late Tuesday from the American Petroleum Institute (API)showed...

Worries about inflation are heating up. Investors have been looking for inflation hedges and turning to commodities. A lot of that interest is directed at the energy markets, sending crude oil to new highs for the year at just...

Join us for two live webinars this week at no cost, and ask your questions via chat. On Monday June 8, join Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Tim Haberkorn for our weekly Markets on the Move webinar at 3:30 CT. Tim will share...

When I first sat down to write this article, I just wanted to inform my existing client base that I am very bullish on commodities. Imagine that, a commodity broker, bullish on commodities. Well, it’s true. I see these...

June kicked off with a big bang, as stocks and many commodities hit new highs for the year. Is it time for a breather? Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Jeff Friedman said “today could be a turnaround Tuesday” as...

Crude oil rose 30 percent in May, it’s biggest monthly gain in a decade. July futures are currently trading at a seven-month high above $67 a barrel after bullish manufacturing data out of China. The International Energy...

The credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) issued a warning on May 21, 2009, that Britain’s credit rating was at risk of being downgraded due to rapidly growing government deficits. The statement...