Afternoon Summary: The commodity complex could quote the sonnet “High Flight” Monday, “Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth and danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings”. Around midday, [...]

Afternoon Summary: As I sit down to write Thursday’s Afternoon Commentary, closing bells have been ringing across the various market sectors marking the start of another US 3-day holiday weekend. [...]

Afternoon Summary: I can’t say my attention was glued to the commodity complex Wednesday, after all there was the Monthly Investment Newsletter to put together. But when I did check [...]

Afternoon Summary: Why did the Grains sector rally to close out the month? I looked over USDA’s numbers again, and the only one I found remotely bullish was the all-wheat [...]

Afternoon Summary: I was having a conversation this past weekend, and the other gentleman asked me what I thought of energy prices. I summarized what I said in last Friday’s [...]

Afternoon Summary: As you might’ve noticed, I used a picture of a sandy beach for Friday’s Afternoon Commentary illustration. It occurred to me, like most everything else, sand is a [...]

Afternoon Summary: I was going to title today’s Afternoon Commentary “A Wild Weather Ride” but given the oldies radio station always playing in my mind I went with REO Speedwagon’s [...]

Afternoon Summary: Instead of titling today’s Afternoon Commentary “The Hump Day Blues”, maybe I should’ve gone with “The Hump Day Anything but Greens”. A look at the Barchart Futures Market [...]

Afternoon Summary: To summarize Tuesday’s session, I would say activity in the commodity complex was generally meaningless. Yes, it was the last day of the noncommercial positioning week and given [...]

Afternoon Summary: I would say I can only imagine the stress floor traders are under these days as they wait for the close – the only price that matters (according [...]

Afternoon Summary: After an initial running of the traps Thursday afternoon, my mind thought I had seen most sectors of the commodity complex in the red. I was prepared to [...]

Afternoon Summary: One thing we know about the US situation, the president doesn’t like it when someone else steals a bit of the spotlight. On a day when financial media [...]

Afternoon Summary: If the list of things I don’t know was laid out as a scroll, like the opening monologue of the movie Star Wars, it would stretch into the [...]

Afternoon Summary: My son Ben was monitoring the fast-changing headlines Monday. As the afternoon progressed the chatter went from there was definitely a “deal” between the US and Iran, to [...]

*I’m away from the studio Friday afternoon so there won’t be an audio version Afternoon Commentary. Afternoon Summary: If you are like me, you might be wondering how many of [...]

Afternoon Summary: I’m curious as to how many of you pay to receive the official White House email letting the president’s cronies know when he will be launching more missile [...]

Afternoon Summary: As we close the books on today’s session, there are a couple things I can tell you for sure: First, it is a Wednesday, the first day of [...]

Afternoon Summary: If you are in the commodities complex, and your desk is starting to look like a well-stocked bar, I understand. The days of being able to use logic [...]

Afternoon Summary: Let’s see, bombs and missiles were still flying between Israel and Iran, yet markets in the Energies sector struggled to hold gains over the course of Monday’s session. [...]

Afternoon Summary: Knowing most of you are in the Grains industry, I have two pieces of advice Thursday afternoon: First, turn off your screens for the day. It won’t do [...]

Afternoon Summary: You’ve heard of Manic Monday and Freaky Friday. Now let me introduce you to the day that falls in between – Weird Wednesday. Adding to the peculiarity was [...]

Afternoon Summary: After sitting down to write today’s Afternoon Commentary, I looked for 3 possible reasons for the mixed activity in the commodity complex. For example, after trading lower early, [...]

Afternoon Summary: While it may be a new day, week, month, and season, it’s the same old story in the Energies sector. The lead headlines on CNBC.com were exactly what [...]

Afternoon Summary: As Friday’s closing bells ring out across the various market sectors, we prepare to say “Sayonara” to meteorological spring. By the time we next convene, we’ll all be [...]