Afternoon Summary: As I watched Friday’s session unfold, I found it interesting how so many markets didn’t, couldn’t, hold activity seen overnight through the pre-dawn hours. I’ll talk about the [...]

Afternoon Summary: In my latest Weekly Column, I talked about traveling back to days of old Dodge City, the time misrepresented by the legendary television program Gunsmoke. The reality, though, [...]

Afternoon Summary: There is so much to talk about Wednesday afternoon, I might as well dive right in. On the social media site formerly known as Twitter, Barchart posted, “U.S. [...]

Afternoon Summary: While Tuesday’s activity paled in comparison to what we saw during Big Monday, a number of markets did show signs of typical Turnaround trade. Let’s start out in [...]

Afternoon Summary: You’ve heard of Good Friday and Super Tuesday? Well, a look the quote screen this afternoon and we can add Big Monday into the mix. While Market Rule [...]

*I’m away from the studio Friday afternoon so there won’t be an audio version of Afternoon Commentary. Afternoon Summary: One of the stories I saw early Friday as I wrote [...]

Afternoon Summary: I talked about it with during today’s Markets Now discussion with Michelle Rook. It doesn’t make any difference how markets trade overnight, how they open, if we see [...]

Afternoon Summary: As Tuesday unfolded, the most common topic of discussion was diesel fuel. To set the stage, the spot-month futures contract rallied as much as 32.25 cents, hitting a [...]

Afternoon Summary: Well, that was an interesting way to start the week. A day that would’ve been more fitting last week, with its US holiday, a Manic Monday and Turnaround [...]

Afternoon Summary: “Making your way in the world today takes everything you’ve got. Taking a break from all your worries sure would be a lot. Wouldn’t you like to get [...]

Afternoon Summary: When I say today was a Throwaway Thursday, I don’t mean markets were dull, just that some of the moves didn’t mean anything. As you can guess, that [...]

Afternoon Summary: When so much else seems to be a daily toss-up, it’s nice to know there is a constant on which we can rely. A look at the Barchart [...]

Afternoon Summary: It was interesting to watch the commodity complex as the early Manic markets morphed into typical Turnaround Tuesday activity. Recall WTI crude oil rallied as much as $3.25 [...]

Afternoon Summary: We can close the books on this week’s trade, mostly, and head to the local watering hole to either relive or attempt to forget all that has happened. [...]

Afternoon Summary: As we reach the end of another Thirsty Thursday, it’s appropriate to quote my late friend and longtime CBOT floor reporter Gary Wilhelmi again. Gary told me many [...]

Afternoon Summary: On the normal weekly calendar, Wednesday has a number of nicknames including Watson (for the beginning of the new noncommercial positioning week), Wheat (because Wednesday can be a [...]

Afternoon Summary: As I sat down to write Afternoon Commentary this first day of meteorological fall, Tom Petty’s Free Fallin’ came up randomly on my playlist. Perfect timing, as I [...]

Afternoon Summary: The final closing bells of August are ringing out across the commodity complex, the melancholy peals allowing us a moment of Market Meteorological Musing this Monday afternoon. What [...]

Afternoon Summary: A young friend in the analysis industry asked me if I had ever seen a week like this. I’m sure somewhere along the road of the past 40-some [...]

Afternoon Summary: I keep telling myself to talk about something else. Constantly pointing out the deepening stupidity doesn’t do anyone any good. Outside of my latest Weekly Column, I have [...]

Afternoon Summary: Around noon, a friend from central Nebraska called with a single question, “Was all this due to Watson?!” Keep in mind this is a Wednesday, the first day [...]

Afternoon Summary: As I sat down to write today’s Afternoon Commentary, my wife sent me the news Dolly Parton had passed away at the age of 80. Ms. Parton was [...]

Afternoon Summary: As we all know by now, the US president is threatening an all-out Trade War with the country’s number one trade partner Canada. This threat includes tariffs of [...]

Afternoon Summary: Well, today did indeed turn out to be a Frantic Friday. Where to start? How about out in the Barn. Both cattle markets fell hard on the open [...]

Afternoon Summary: Thursday was an interesting session, to say the least. And if you were one who lived and died with the ebb and flow of whatever market you were [...]