Afternoon Summary: When I said Thursday morning the headlines would change, would have to change to rally US stock markets and drop the Energies sector, I only half-thought it would [...]

Afternoon Summary: As Wednesday’s session unfolded, the thought that kept running through my mind was the commodity complex was awash in red. It seemed every time I pulled up markets [...]

Afternoon Summary: As I watched markets play out Tuesday, one though kept going through my mind: What if Energy markets were able to move higher before the close? (Not counting [...]

Afternoon Summary: Here we go again. A look at the quote screen Wednesday afternoon and we see US stock indexes soaring while the Energies sector plummets. I’ll give you 3 [...]

Afternoon Summary: What we know for sure is today, the day after Monday, was a Tuesday. Was it A TACO version, a Turnaround edition, or something different? Or, maybe, it [...]

*I’m away from the studio Monday so there won’t be an audio version of Afternoon Commentary. Afternoon Summary: There were a number of big moves made in the commodity complex [...]

Afternoon Summary: As we close the book on another fun-filled week, a third market sector was stampeding its way into the week. Recall Wednesday saw both live and feeder cattle [...]

Afternoon Summary: Another day brings another market sector running wild. This time it was US stock indexes as the S&P 500 registered yet another all-time high of 7,517 while the [...]

Afternoon Summary: I don’t recall if it was in Tuesday’s Afternoon Commentary or today’s Morning Commentary when I mentioned some of yesterday’s activity – continued fund selling in cattle while [...]

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”. [...]