Morning Summary: An initial check of markets pre-dawn Friday, the penultimate Friday morning of 2025, as hard as that is to believe, shows the commodity complex to be quiet, for [...]

Morning Summary: The lead financial story out of Europe Thursday morning was how various countries were leaving interest rates unchanged, with the European Central Bank expected to make the same [...]

Morning Summary: After red has been the fashionable choice of color for the commodity complex for most of December, a look at the Barchart Futures Market Heat Map early Wednesday [...]

Morning Summary: As I ran the traps of the various sectors of the commodity complex early Tuesday morning, the common theme was markets were in the red. This despite continue [...]

Morning Summary: Watching CNBC’s Squawk Box Europe early Monday morning and two things stood out to me about the week, and year ahead. First, one of the interviews was with [...]

Morning Summary: I’m talking to the older folks in the crowd, those who have been in the business, whatever it might be, who, like me, are watching the evolution of [...]

Morning Summary: As we await dawn’s early light the morning after Fed Wednesday, we have a moment to take a look at some of the ripple effects of the latest [...]

Morning Summary: Later today, Wednesday, December 10, we will listen in as US Fed Chairman Powell announces a 25-basis point rate cut. This will lower the existing range from 3.75% [...]

Morning Summary: The process of putting together Morning Commentary follows a familiar path: I start by running the traps of the various sectors of the commodity complex, starting with Currencies [...]

Morning Summary: For those who view reports and announcements from the government, any government, as manna from heaven, their baskets will run over this week. I’ve posted this week’s schedule [...]

Morning Summary: Does anyone remember Venezuela? It was less than a week ago when the US president was rattling his saber, threatening to sick Secretary of “War” Hegseth on the [...]

Morning Summary: For many years now, the US labor market has been the cornerstone of what was perceived to be a stubbornly bullish “economy”[i]. Strong consumer demand, based on the [...]

Morning Summary: It is early Wednesday morning, meaning the next interest rate announcement from the US Federal Open Market Committee is a week away as its December meeting concludes on [...]

Morning Summary: When last we spoke, the Monday afternoon Barchart Futures Market Heat Map had been dyed red, mostly, a reversal of the solid green seen Friday afternoon. Now on [...]

Morning Summary: Welcome to the first day of meteorological winter my friends. Some of you are likely still digging out from the storm that plowed across parts of the US [...]

*I’m away from the office today so there won’t be audio versions of Morning and Afternoon Commentary. Morning Summary: The Wednesday before the US Thanksgiving Day holiday is one of, [...]

*I’m away from the office today so there won’t be audio versions of Morning and Afternoon Commentary. Morning Summary: As I sat down to write Tuesday’s Morning Commentary, the plan [...]

*I’m away from the office today so there won’t be audio versions of Morning and Afternoon Commentary. Morning Summary: I know my friends in Canada celebrated their Thanksgiving Day last [...]

Morning Summary: Here we are, pre-dawn Friday morning, another busy day about to unfold before us. With next week being abbreviated by the US Thanksgiving holiday followed by first notice [...]

Morning Summary: What stood out to me pre-dawn Thursday is that many sectors in the commodity complex had turned around from 24 hours ago. This time around the clock, a [...]

Morning Summary: A look at the Barchart Futures Market Heat Map (slide 2) early Wednesday morning tells us traders were back to work after taking a breather during the latter [...]

Morning Summary: If you like what has been happening in the commodity complex of late, you will be pleased with what your quote screen is showing early Tuesday morning. The [...]

Morning Summary: If overnight through early Monday morning was any indication, the coming week looks to be another wild one. The fun part is, it makes no difference what sector [...]

*I'm away from the office today so there won't be audio versions of Morning and Afternoon Commentary. Morning Summary: Instead of a camel walking around the office, on a Wednesday, [...]

Morning Summary: Like a bowl of granola, the commodity complex is a mix of many things early Thursday morning, none of them that exciting. And like granola, the dullness isn’t [...]