Morning Summary: While the US spent Thursday eating and watching football (the North American version of the sport) the rest of the world kept on turning and markets continued to [...]

Morning Summary: Here we are, pre-dawn Wednesday, with a lot to talk about so grab your cup of coffee before the price goes up much further. I’ll get to this [...]

Morning Summary: Reading through some market “news” last night, and I stumbled upon the inevitable. Reportedly, the US president-elect had just announced one of his first acts this coming January, [...]

Morning Summary: As last Friday came to a close, it was uncertain whether the Blue Marble we call earth would still be turning through Monday morning. After all, Russia’s Vladimir [...]

Morning Summary: Thanks to my friend’s advice earlier this week, the second order of business for me each morning, after an initial check of markets, is a quick Google of [...]

Morning Summary: A look at the Barchart Futures Market Heat Map pre-dawn Thursday shows the commodity complex mostly wearing green. The two sectors that trade overnight wearing other colors are [...]

Morning Summary: There’s an old saying in markets, “Buy the rumor, sell the fact”, that seems to be playing out overnight through early Wednesday morning. The early part of this [...]

Morning Summary: Thanks to my friend in the brokerage industry, the one I mentioned in Monday’s Afternoon Commentary, this time around the clock I knew to Google “Russia” before starting [...]

Morning Summary: The title of today’s Commentary, “A Golden Morning”, is more figurative than literal given it’s still dark outside here in Omaha and I doubt the sky will be [...]

Morning Summary: One of the first things I saw early Friday morning was some chatter from technical analysts about the shooting star pattern created Thursday on the daily chart for [...]

Morning Summary: Sitting at my computer looking at the quote screen, a fresh cup of coffee in front of me, and I’m getting the smell of fish. As if I’m [...]

Morning Summary: This was the second consecutive Wednesday morning when I was awakened shortly after midnight, though this time around was much more pleasant as it was due to a [...]

Morning Summary: Once again, I wrote the title for Morning Commentary based on a cursory look at the quote screen pre-dawn, only to pull up the Barchart Futures Market Heat [...]

Morning Summary: A new week has begun, though I don’t think all that happened last week will be forgotten any time soon. Sunday night through early Monday morning found the [...]

Morning Summary: This week has been circled on the calendar for quite some time. We knew it was going to be volatile as the markets had to navigate the US [...]

Morning Summary: As we turn the page to Thursday morning, it’s the US Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC, The Fed) time in the spotlight. The November 2-day meeting comes to [...]

Morning Summary: It didn’t take long for markets to react to the US presidential election early Wednesday morning[i]. I took a screen shot of the Barchart Futures Market Heat Map [...]

Morning Summary: A look at the Barchart Futures Market Heat Map early Tuesday morning shows markets were quiet. If we throw out Bitcoin futures (as well we should) with a [...]

Morning Summary: Looking back at last Friday’s Afternoon Commentary, and I wasn’t even close to explaining this week correctly. To begin with, parts of the US fell back an hour [...]

Morning Summary: Let’s start today off with a question: How many of you are sitting in front of your computer screen pre-dawn, munching on a piece of leftover Halloween candy [...]

Morning Summary: We’ve reached the end of October, otherwise known as All Hallows’ Eve Day. But before we get to children dressed in costumes ringing the doorbell and announcing, “Trick [...]

Morning Summary: Here we are. Early Wednesday morning. What could be the last Wednesday morning. What could be the first of many lasts over the next week. My apologies for [...]

Morning Summary: The calendar reads Tuesday, so what does that mean? A look at the board and what was red is now green. The tables have turned, or so it [...]

Morning Summary: I was set to write about more weekend chaos early Monday morning, but then it dawned on me we can’t consider Israel firing missiles at Iran as an [...]

Morning Summary: A look at the Barchart Futures Market Heat Map early Friday morning shows that, like a breakfast buffet at most hotel chains, there is a little something for [...]