Morning Summary: As this Friday the 13th comes to an end, at least the market part, it marks the last Horror Movie title day of 2024. The next one comes [...]

Morning Summary: There was a lot going on Thursday. A look at the Barchart Futures Market Heat Map this afternoon shows 2 markets with gains of more than 2% (natural [...]

Morning Summary: As I made the rounds of the various market sectors Wednesday afternoon, what stood out to me was the strength shown by two of the three Kings of [...]

Morning Summary: With everything else going on today, the fact it was Tuesday got lost in the shuffle. Why is this important? We have to remember that Tuesday is the [...]

Morning Summary: When the dust had settled on Monday’s session, the Energies sector was showing the largest cumulative gain. WTI crude oil was up $1.20 (1.8%) on solid commercial buying, [...]

Morning Summary: It’s that time of year when one can find a holiday party somewhere Friday night, and if not, there’s no law (usually) against throwing your own. If you [...]

Session Summary: A friend called me late this morning, and we talked about how the session had been a standard Throwaway Thursday. However, shortly after we hung up things got [...]

Session Summary: As you can tell from this afternoon’s title (Muddled Mind at Midweek), I could not come up with something to clever that also described today’s market action. There [...]

Session Summary: Where yesterday in this space I talked about how most sectors of the commodity complex were in the red to start the winter, the second trading session of [...]

Session Summary: Markets in general were glowing red as this first trading day of meteorological winter came to a close, but it didn’t provide much warmth against the cold that [...]

Session Summary: While Friday was a holiday shortened session, this didn’t stop markets from making interesting moves. In fact, a look at this afternoon’s quote screen and one could make [...]

Session Summary: It’s time to turn off the quote screens and get the smokers fired up, if your Thanksgiving Day includes that version of prepared protein. I know turkey is [...]

Session Summary: As I watched Tuesday’s session play out, my mind kept going back to the Carly Simon song from 1971, “Anticipation”. Markets in general were reacting, most likely to [...]

Session Summary: “It’s a gas, gas, gas…”. You know when I use the lyrics from the Rolling Stones’ classic “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”, the focus is going to be on our [...]

Session Summary: It’s hard to say what this coming weekend could bring. Given the uncertainty over how much global Chaos lies ahead, it was understandable February gold would rally as [...]

Session Summary: A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away there was a market saying, “If you can drink it, don’t trade it”. During my years as a [...]

Session Summary: There were a number of markets making big moves at midweek, in both directions. Starting with those showing a gain of more than 5% (Yes, you read that [...]

Session Summary: I sometimes have to laugh when I see the silliness of typical Turnaround Tuesday activity unfold. Not because I face the wrath of others in the industry (I [...]

Session Summary: A friend called me around midday to update me on the scuttlebutt being talked about in markets Monday. First and foremost, the Biden Administration has reportedly given his [...]

Session Summary: Sometimes when markets start to feel overwhelming, I think back to what I call Curly’s Cue. In the movie City Slickers, Curly is an old cowboy dealing with [...]

Session Summary: Well, after a number of days saying generally the same thing in this space, I get to talk about something different Thursday afternoon. What, though, I’m not entirely [...]

Session Summary: At first glance, Wednesday’s session looked to be more of the same from Tuesday, starting with continued strength by the US dollar index. The greenback firmed by as [...]

Session Summary: I think the best word to describe Tuesday’s session is “Meh”. A number of markets looked poised for a meltdown, but when the closing bell rang they had [...]

Session Summary: Monday’s session was interesting. One message I received summed it up well, “It looks like Turnaround Tuesday came early.” The US dollar index set the tone for the [...]

Session Summary: What a week this turned out to be. While I was expecting markets outside the Grains sector to possibly take a breather heading into the weekend, that wasn’t [...]