Afternoon Summary: I could start Tuesday’s Afternoon Commentary talking about how the higher April Consumer Price Index helped push US Treasury yields higher and weakened US stock indexes, all on [...]

Afternoon Summary: If you are a commodity complex bull, today is your day. A look at the Barchart Futures Market Heat Map shows every sector but one in the green, [...]

Afternoon Summary: Something I didn’t mention in Friday’s Morning Commentary, an item that may have played a role in how today’s session played out, is next week’s scheduled meeting between [...]

Afternoon Summary: As you know, I’ve been doing this for a while, but along the way I’ve had the opportunity to visit with, and learn from, others who were studying [...]

Afternoon Summary: The new generation of trader recently introduced to the commodity complex, most notably natural gas and wheat, by way of the expanding universe of predictive market websites, got [...]

Afternoon Summary: As Tuesday played out, we did see a number of its potential personalities come to light. First and foremost, it was indeed a Turnaround Tuesday, particularly in US [...]

Afternoon Summary: I stepped away from the quote screen for a while today, needing to run some errands. I should’ve known better, given the time of year we are in [...]

Afternoon Summary: As closing bells continue to sound across the market landscape, I can’t help but think of springtime in the Rockies. It would be a great afternoon to go [...]

Afternoon Summary: The end of April means two out of three spring months are now behind us. As any old person would say, I can’t believe how fast time has [...]

Afternoon Summary: Around midday, a good friend in the brokerage industry called and said, “I think I know what your answer will be, but how do you explain what is [...]

Afternoon Summary: A look at the quote screen Tuesday afternoon and we don’t see much Turnaround Activity or TACO Trade that is typical for the second day of the week. [...]

Afternoon Summary: A look at the Barchart Futures Market Heat Map this afternoon shows Monday’s session was a mixed bag. There were three sectors of the commodity complex solidly in [...]

Afternoon Summary: To repeat what I said in today’s Morning Commentary, I hope you got your bets placed on your predictive market website of choice. Recall this morning it had [...]

Afternoon Summary: Is there hope for the commodity complex? And by that I mean is there a chance we return to a system where Market Rule #6 (Fundamentals win in [...]

Afternoon Summary: I apologize to those of you who celebrate the time honored[i] Earth Day each April 22, as I forgot to mention it in today’s Morning Commentary. So, here’s [...]

Afternoon Summary: I’m sure you are familiar with the old saying, “If you don’t like the weather in (insert name of state here), wait five minutes and it will change”. [...]

Afternoon Summary: Judging by the title of today’s Afternoon Commentary (General Galimatias), you may be thinking I’m set to spin another of my yarns loosely related to markets, this one [...]

Afternoon Summary: Here in the US Midwest, it is difficult to have much empathy for the folks who live and work in New York, including what used to be the [...]

Afternoon Summary: As I mentioned in today’s Morning Commentary, and my latest piece for Barchart, the doors seem to have been opened to increased “trader” activity via predictive market websites[i]. [...]

Afternoon Summary: Welp, there you go. The S&P 500 hit a new all-time high of 7,015 (as of this writing) Wednesday as long-term investors again take advice from Alfred E. [...]

Afternoon Summary: If I haven’t been clear in the past, let me say it again: This is all just a game being played at the highest levels. Not that it’s [...]

*I’ll be away from the office studio the rest of this week so there won’t be audio versions of Morning and Afternoon Commentary. Afternoon Summary: The common theme during Friday’s [...]

*I’ll be away from the office studio the rest of this week so there won’t be audio versions of Morning and Afternoon Commentary. Afternoon Summary: I’ve said many times of [...]

*I’ll be away from the office studio the rest of this week so there won’t be audio versions of Morning and Afternoon Commentary. Afternoon Summary: As difficult as it might [...]

Afternoon Summary: It wasn’t until after I had posted today’s Morning Commentary that I found out April 7 was National Beer Day here in the US. (I have a hunch [...]