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 [...]

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 [...]