Morning Summary: A look at the Barchart Futures Market Heat Map early Monday morning shows markets in general are seeing follow-through activity from last Friday. Leading the way higher is [...]

Morning Summary: Well, here we are again, pre-dawn of another Friday morning with the weekend growing larger on the horizon. Unfortunately, between now and then we have to dig our [...]

Morning Summary: I take a few days off to go speak at a conference, in Florida no less, and things get- what’s a good word for it? - interesting. I’ll [...]

Morning Summary: If you think about it, the past two weeks have actually consisted of four 2-day weeks given both Wednesdays were market holidays. It’s actually a more interesting way [...]

Morning Summary: Welcome to the second day of January, the first of many trading days in this new year. Similar to the electronic piece of paper on which I type [...]

Morning Summary: We’ve reached the last day of 2024 meaning it is time for the ceremonial closing of one calendar and opening of the next. If I were to make [...]

Morning Summary: As we approach the end of year, month, and fiscal quarter for financial markets the red flags are flapping wildly in the winter wind over US stock indexes. [...]

Morning Summary: It would be easy to devote most of this morning’s discussions to two markets: Our old friend natural gas and US boxed beef. Starting with the Widow Maker, [...]

Morning Summary: We are making our way through the long list of year-end holidays, with December 26 bringing Boxing Day into the spotlight. While not celebrated in the United States, [...]

Morning Summary: As we start this next to last holiday week of 2024, a look at the early morning Barchart Futures Market Heat Map shows a few markets were scurrying [...]

Morning Summary: Keeping with the theme of “A Charlie Brown Christmas”[i], I’ll remind you that there are only 5 shopping days until the holiday meaning the window of opportunity to [...]

Morning Summary: Checking the various market sectors early Thursday morning gave me the sense of evaluating damage following a major storm. Markets are relatively quiet pre-dawn, with only a few [...]

Morning Summary: If you are one of those who goes to holiday family gatherings just to sit back and watch the usual arguments break out, then today is for you. [...]

Morning Summary: Something I should’ve mentioned in this space Monday morning is this is Fed and Fat Week. Granted many of us go through this during the week of Thanksgiving, [...]

Morning Summary: To stick with the holiday theme of the Holly (red berries) and the Ivy (green leaves), though I have no idea if Sir Isaac Newton[i] was overly concerned [...]

Morning Summary: Here we are, pre-dawn on another Friday the 13th[i], and traders seem to have been spooked to the sidelines during the overnight session. Trade volume in a number [...]

Morning Summary: Coming up with the title of today’s Morning Commentary wasn’t difficult. All it took was a quick look at the Barchart Futures Market Heat Map that showed all [...]

Morning Summary: I’ve long been fascinated by rivers. There is something about the quiet power they hold, the independence they represent, and their seemingly endless utility that intrigues me. During [...]

Morning Summary: So far, this hasn’t been a normal week within the holiday season when markets grow as quiet as children who are nestled all snug in their beds while [...]

Morning Summary: Three things got my attention over this past weekend, events I thought might “Ripple” through the markets as they began to open Sunday. To begin with, the Russia-supported [...]

Morning Summary: A look at the Friday morning Barchart Futures Market Heat Map showed the commodity complex was mostly lower to start the day with all sectors but Indices (US [...]

Morning Summary: Not much happened with most market sectors in the commodity complex overnight. A look at the Barchart Futures Market Heat Map shows the sector with the largest cumulative [...]

Morning Summary: So far, the commodity complex has gotten into the season by blinking back and forth between red and green. Recall this week opened with most markets resembling holly [...]

Morning Summary: As I talked about in Monday’s Afternoon Commentary, most markets and sectors in the commodity complex opened the week, month, and season in the red. Fast forward to [...]

Morning Summary: The calendar page turned from November to December this past weekend, meaning the meteorological seasonal flipped from fall to winter in North America, spring to summer south of [...]