Morning Summary: Well, my friends, it was nice knowing you. All it took was a look at Friday morning’s headlines, and I immediately cranked up R.E.M.’s “It’s the End of [...]

Morning Summary: I’ll admit, after a first running of the traps of the various sectors of the commodity complex early Thursday morning, I seriously considered turning the quote screen off [...]

Morning Summary: As the overnight hours ticked by, the quiet of Tuesday night became the stillness of an autumn morning early Wednesday. When I first fired up the quote screen, [...]

Morning Summary: My initial look across the commodity complex landscape pre-dawn Tuesday resulted in a one-word response, “Typical”. As in the overnight session looked to be nothing more than a [...]

Morning Summary: Though it is hard to believe, the US president and I actually have something in common. Neither of us has been awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. The first [...]

Morning Summary: Yes, it is Friday, but before we get to the only prices that matter – weekly closes – markets will have to navigate the usual changes in mood [...]

Morning Summary: When I fired up the old quote screen Thursday morning, the first thing I saw was spot-month diesel sitting 19.5 cents higher. So, I flipped to my Energies [...]

Morning Summary: The first thing that jumped out at me pre-dawn Wednesday was the US dollar index had firmed overnight, adding as much as 0.50 and was sitting near its [...]

Morning Summary: The lead headline Tuesday morning read, “(The US president) allows cheaper, dyed diesel on highways to blunt historic fuel-cost spike ahead of midterms”. Digging into the piece, and [...]

Morning Summary: Welcome to another week everyone, the first full week of October. A look at the quote screen and we see the commodity complex is – well – it’s [...]

Morning Summary: The mistake I made pre-dawn Friday was turning to financial news for an update on overnight headlines. I’m old enough to know better. In fact I’m so old, [...]

Morning Summary: After the dust had settled on Wednesday’s session, my friend in the brokerage industry gave me a call. While his voice was subdued, his humor was still there [...]

Morning Summary: Last Friday, after all ‘heck’ broke loose in the commodities complex following another overhyped meeting between the presidents of China and the US, a friend from southern Nebraska [...]

Morning Summary: It’s been a while since I’ve been able to open Morning Commentary by saying it was a quiet overnight session, but that’s what I noticed going quote page [...]

Morning Summary: The commodity complex was off to a bearish start this week. Those who are inherently bullish will be quoting famed cartoon character Garfield the Cat, “I hate Mondays”, [...]

Morning Summary: I’ll admit, I was more interested than usual to fire up the quote screen and see what direction algorithms had taken the commodity complex overnight. After all, it [...]

Morning Summary: When I first fired up the quote screen Thursday morning and saw the Energies sector and Oilseed sub-sector both rallied overnight, my first thought was the US president [...]

Morning Summary: I wasn’t sure what to expect from markets early Wednesday morning, so I dawdled a bit over a second cup of coffee, checked the baseball box scores (Yes, [...]

Morning Summary: “Do you remember, the 21st night of September?” This was the question asked by Earth, Wind, and Fire back in 1978. A look at the quote screen early [...]

Morning Summary: As I watched the various sectors of the commodity complex open Sunday evening and night, a pattern started to develop. Both Metals and Energies were under pressure while [...]

Morning Summary: As I slowly made my way through the various sectors of the commodity complex Friday morning, things looked relatively calm. The US dollar index was showing a small [...]

Morning Summary: A couple things went through my mind while watching Fed Chairman Warsh announce a 25-basis point rate hike Wednesday afternoon. What stood out to me was the vote [...]

Morning Summary: Wednesday’s theme, at least pre-dawn, seems to be “more of the same”. Yes, it is Fed Day, meaning this month’s 2-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee [...]

Morning Summary: When I fired up the computer early Tuesday morning, the first page that came up was the last one I was watching Monday evening, the one showing me [...]

Morning Summary: I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for another 3-day holiday weekend. That way I wouldn’t have to try to make sense of markets pre-dawn Monday morning. [...]