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The Energies Review October 24, 2011

Published on 2011-10-25 23:02:00

By Daniel CroninWhat a crazy week it was in the energy markets as crude rallied in the early part of the week to the resistance of $89.50 but fell big on economic uncertainty to $85 along with the stunning news of Qaddafi's death. The flat price is now higher on the Sunday night session to over $85 in Dec CL as this market just does not want to give up. Every time it gets knocked down it keeps getting back up and the $89.50 level is in jeopardy this week. The Euro/USD is looking to creep [..] > read more

who Has Gold

Published on 2011-03-30 21:10:00

News outlets have been all abuzz with the gold acquisitions of countries like China and Iran, and speculation over the size of Libya’s gold reserves. The potential motivation for buying gold, as well as the possibilities over what to spend it o > read more

Financials Review on Feb 22, 2011

Published on 2011-02-22 22:24:00

Trouble overseas and the question is, what will happen to the global production of oil? Libya is seeing air force pilots defect and New Zealand had a large earthquake which has negatively affected the country's currency. Let's talk numbers so it is e > read more

Grains Review on Jan 13th

Published on 2011-01-13 22:16:00

Calls: Following WASDE the beans and corn trades touched limit twice before backing off slightly on the close. There was plenty of selling into the rally early with front end corn vol dropping by a whopping 18% to 34% basis Feb. March dropped by 6.5% > read more

James Mound’s Weekend Commodities Review

Published on 2010-12-14 00:46:00

Financials The S&P500 has developed an interesting multi-pronged technical setup on a daily chart that indicates a strong decline to 1203, possibly as low as 1184 in the near term. I believe the stock market rallied bas > read more

Soybeans Futures History

Published on 2010-11-25 01:12:00

Although there are several claims to the origin of soybeans, most believe its roots can be traced back to Asia. More specifically, the history of soybean use for human consumption goes back at least 5,000 years in the Chinese culture. Soybeans w > read more

The Bullion Report : The Gold-Silver Ratio

Published on 2010-11-17 21:06:00

The gold-silver ratio is among the many tools and topics that investors take a hard look at when it comes to precious metals. There are several moments in time that the ratio was made a permanent force by government decree. Even in modern trading, > read more

PitGuru.com’s Weekly Grains Review for Nov 8th, 2010

Published on 2010-11-08 20:14:00

Friday saw a messy session with wheat and bean oil leading the way higher on relationship buying ahead of the report. Oil share widened on Chinese demand talk and possible production concerns coming out of Indonesia following the recent volcanic a > read more

High Marks

Published on 2010-11-03 23:26:00

Today the markets eagerly anticipate an announcement from the Federal Reserve as it wraps up a two day meeting. The focus will fall on the full measure of proposed quantitative easing. Heading into the report, there has been little doubt that the > read more

Pitguru Review for November 1st: Energies & Metals

Published on 2010-11-01 23:11:00

Energies By PitGuru Daniel CroninCrude Oil still stuck in this trading range but after this week the market will have much better direction on where it wants to go after the FOMC meeting and the non-farm payrolls at the end of the week. Crude has > read more

The Learn About Futures Insider for Oct 28th, 2010: Crude Oil

Published on 2010-10-28 21:13:00

The Learn About Futures Insider:Crude Oil Sometimes mythic, often controversial, crude oil has been an important component of modern times. Crude oil comes in many colors and consistencies, from hydrocarbon rich reservoirs in Texas to the hea > read more

The Bullion Report for Oct 27th: At Ease

Published on 2010-10-28 01:52:00

The Federal Reserve will be meeting next week and all eyes will be focused on the potential for another round of monetary easing. Speculation abounds as to the scope and depth of their actions, but most analysts are working on the assumption that > read more

PitGuru.com Weekly Grains Review for Oct 25th

Published on 2010-10-25 21:34:00

By Matthew Pierce Friday saw a choppy lower session with both corn and beans following the script gravitating back to the highest open interest strikes at $5.60 and $12.00. This kept most of the trade subdued throughout the session with nothing ex > read more