Eventually physical demand for precious metals will swamp the games being played in the paper (i.e., futures contract) markets. So every time the commitment of traders report (COT)...
Update On ECB Bond Buying A new milestone is about to be reached in the ECB’s bond buying program. There have now been 998 bonds bought by the ECB. You can see the effects in the...
It’s time again for our weekly gasoline update based on data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The price of Regular and Premium are up a penny each from last ...
Last week the stock indexes were stuck in a tight range, as the TLT and GLD rallied while the dollar fell (UUP). Despite the apparent building fear in the markets, the VXX just con...
EUR/USD has retreated from the highs, mostly on profit-taking from the big sell-off of the US dollar. It previously advanced thanks to Draghi’s unconvincing complaints about the...
Over the past month, crude prices have been pinned in a range $50 to the high side and ~$46 at the low. In the futures market, the price of crude is usually set by the money manage...
So with markets threatening support they instead gap higher and post further gains. Today has probably done enough to see markets post new all-time highs while shorts are left with...