Morning Summary: When I first fired up the quote screen pre-dawn Tuesday, the US dollar index was again showing a modest gain, but this time around the clock December gold [...]

Morning Summary: An initial running of the traps of the various sectors of the commodity complex early Monday morning makes one thing clear: It is going to be another fun [...]

Morning Summary: As you might recall from Thursday’s Afternoon Commentary, the December silver futures contract dropped as much as $1.97 (4.3%) before closing $1.31 (2.75%) lower for the day. Fast [...]

Morning Summary: I owe my son an apology. Going back to Wednesday’s rally in the soybean market, the first thing he told me, his Blink reaction to the move, was [...]

Morning Summary: It is indeed the first day of October, so welcome to a world again bereft of the US government. I didn’t have to look at the headlines to [...]

Morning Summary: Here we are, early Tuesday morning, making us wonder what the heck happened to the month of September. As Dion said in the song “Abraham, Martin, and John”, [...]

Morning Summary: As you might recall, my friends at Kitco News run a poll each Friday[i] to gather the opinions of some in the industry about the direction of gold [...]

Morning Summary: Now that we have reached pre-dawn Friday, I can say "The End is Near”. No, I won’t be walking around the streets of Omaha with this slogan painted [...]

Morning Summary: It’s pre-dawn Thursday, and a look across the landscape that is the commodity complex shows us another overnight session with nothing happening. I suppose this is good, in [...]

Morning Summary: Though it is pre-dawn, we have still reached Wednesday, a day that goes by many names. In the past it has been tied to Watson, Wheat, and even [...]

Morning Summary: A quick check of the various sectors of the commodity complex shows me there wasn’t much Turnaround activity overnight through early Tuesday morning. The US dollar index was [...]

Morning Summary: Something is brewing early Monday morning, and it isn’t the first round of coffee. As I ran the traps of the various sectors of the commodity complex, one [...]

Morning Summary: Since we last talked, when the US dollar index was under light pressure immediately following the expected 25-basis point rate cut announcement from the US Federal Open Market [...]

Morning Summary: Wednesday promises to be a busy day. Not only is it a normal first day of the new positioning week for Watson, it also brings the much debated [...]

Morning Summary: With apologies to my late friend and longtime Chicago Board of Trade floor reporter Gary Wilhelmi, I will mention today is Tuesday, a day when markets tend to [...]

Morning Summary: Though it is a busy week ahead, early Monday morning is quiet enough to enjoy that first cup of coffee while ignoring the news once again. I have [...]

Morning Summary: There are times when sitting in my basement office, staring at a flashing quote screen, I understand what Isaac Cline must’ve thought as he looked out at the [...]

Morning Summary: It is one of those days. I’m sitting in the basement office, going over the various sectors of the commodity complex and not finding much to talk about. [...]

Morning Summary: I want to open today’s Morning Commentary by reminding everyone both live and feeder cattle futures have expanded daily limits Wednesday due to the limit down close by [...]

Morning Summary: Today’s Morning Commentary could be short and sweet, easily wrapped up with one sentence, “There’s not much to talk about”. But, just for fun, let’s see if we [...]

Morning Summary: I understand it’s a logical paradox to say one has to be of a certain age to remember Tanya Tucker’s song from 1973, “Blood Red and Going Down”. [...]

Morning Summary: As I stared at this blank piece of electronic typing paper early Friday morning, I knew I needed to fill it with something. However, I also knew whatever [...]

Morning Summary: A quick check of the commodity complex early Thursday morning and my Blink reaction is it looks to be just another day. Yes, I know, that could be [...]

Morning Summary: After Tuesday’s introduction to the new fall season, filled with active markets, overnight through early Wednesday morning was much quieter. I’ll talk about it in more detail soon, [...]

Morning Summary: Welcome to the first trading day of meteorological fall. If you are one who celebrates the turning of the season with pumpkin spice anything and everything, you’ve been [...]