Author: Lind-Waldock

This week marks a key juncture in the Greece debt debacle, and investors are optimistic that Greece do what it takes to receive a fresh rescue package. The euro moved higher ahead of a key confidence vote Tuesday, June 21, 2011,...

Interest rates remain at generational lows in Canada. Will it last? Hawks believe inflation is here in all but the official statistics. They are buying gold as an inflation hedge, which they believe will eventually require high...

The news of the day for commodities was Goldman Sachs’ shift to the bullish side in raw materials. The firm said “we now believe that the risk/reward once again favors being long commodities,” adding that they...

Crude oil has been on a rollercoaster ride along with many other commodities in the past few weeks. Considered the “mother of all commodities,” crude impacts many other markets and products we use every day. I think...

The dollar has long been in a bearish trend, but shot higher on May 4, 20011, after key monetary policy meetings in Europe. The European Central Bank (ECB) and Bank of England (BOE) both held short-term interest rates steady in...

Silver has been on a wild ride, moving up to 31-year highs and outperforming gold so far this year. I believe it is important to understand the strong fundamental forces that have attributed to the rally in the silver market,...

by Tom Power Gold and silver continue their bullish ways, with gold reaching a new all-time high of $1,486 an ounce and silver a 31-year high of $42.57 an ounce on Friday, April 15, 2011. If you haven’t been involved in...

by Michael Sabo Corn has made an impressive run, hitting $7.68 a bushel on April 11, 2011, its highest level in more than two years. Looking back to June 2010, corn was trading around $3.80 a bushel, so this market has been good...

There have been a lot of challenges for the markets in the past few months, from unrest in the Middle East to the disaster in Japan to ongoing Eurozone debt issues to a potential U.S. government shutdown. The big, overarching...

Smart traders look at the big picture and trade in the direction of the overall trend. But unexpected market shocks can change the picture in an instant—such as the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan. We all know the...