Foreign Trade Is THE Canary In The Coal Mine
How Donald Trump’s protectionist trade policies (whether tariffs/border adjustment taxes) impact the US economy is really not well understood. And therefore they are hard...
Market Update: Adjusting To The New Economic Climate
Each money manager and/or investor has a process that helps them determine when, how and how much to invest.
The process that I use starts...
Crude Oil Technical Update: Market Bulls Face Hurdles
There's been very little change in the outlook for crude oil over the past week.
Fundamental and technical hurdles remain but from a price perspective, traders...
“Fed Up” Book Review: Taking A Look Behind The Curtain
Danielle DiMartino Booth, a former Dallas Federal Reserve official, released a new book this week entitled Fed Up. The book, a first-person account of...
U.S. Corn Futures Weekly Outlook: Is The Rally On?
March corn futures moved higher this week, closing up 9 ¼-cents per bushel week-on-week, finishing Friday (2/10) at $3.75 ½. March corn futures (CH7) closed...
3 COT Report Charts For Commodities Traders (Feb 3)
The following is a recap of the February 3 Commitment of Traders Report (COT) released by the CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) looking at...
Markets In Flux: Investors Facing More Chaos In 2017
Confusion, Chaos and Conflict
In my last weekly commentary I referenced a book that referred to Donald Trump as the ‘Chaos Candidate’. What we have...
Under Armour (UAA) Blows Through Buy Pattern Support
Near the end of 2016 a BUY pattern presented itself on the Under Armour (NYSE:UAA) stock chart and I communicated that here.
Chart patterns are...
Market Update: Stocks Grinding But Trends Point Higher
The popular averages broke out of a seven-week trading pattern last week carrying many stock market indices to new record highs. The climb to...
U.S. Corn Futures Weekly Price Outlook: Brazil In Focus
March corn futures moved lower this week, closing down 7 ¼-cents per bushel week-on-week, finishing on Friday (1/27) at $3.62 ½. CH7 showed an...
