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Chris Ciovacco: The best way to monitor the sustainability of the current push higher in stocks (NYSEARCA:SPY) is to keep an eye on the euro and U.S. dollar. The correlation between stocks and the euro has been strong in recent months. In the current environment, when the euro strengthens, stocks Read more…
Jared Cummans: It’s no secret that most commodities had a rough 2011; even top performers like gold have not been without their blips. So when it comes time to examine your portfolio for the coming year, choosing the right commodity can be a tall order. First, it is important to note that no matter Read more…
In trading on Tuesday, the iPath Pure Beta Agriculture ETN (NYSEArca:DIRT) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 6.38% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…
Jonathan Yates: Pimco chairman Bill Gross is at it again, intoning that, “Ultra low, zero-bounded central bank policy rates might in fact deliver instead of relever the financial system, creating contraction instead of expansion in the real economy.” Read more…
Jeff Nielson: In Part I, I observed that if we really wanted to understand how the short-term manipulation/suppression of the gold (NYSEARCA:GLD) and silver (NYSEARCA:SLV) markets leads to even higher longer term prices we needed to focus on the relentless attacks by the bankers against the Read more…
Przemyslaw Radomski: If you’re looking for a post-Christmas read, take a look at a book called “The Great Stagnation” by Tyler Cowen of George Mason University whose theme is laid out in its subtitle: “How America ate all the low-hanging fruit of modern history, got sick and will (eventually) feel better.” Read more…
Jonathan Yates: Traders should look to monitor and profit from the inverse correlationship between copper (NYSEARCA:JJC) and gold (NYSEARCA:GLD). The red metal is mined almost entirely for industrial usage while the yellow metal is produced, in the great majority, for investment Read more…
Michael Johnston: This time last year, investors were generally thrilled with the performances of their portfolios, which had continued to bounce back nicely from the devastating recession that hit in 2008. Unfortunately, few are feeling the same sense of accomplishment as 2011 draws to a close; this Read more…
Dian L. Chu: The recent massive demand for ECB’s LTRO (Long Term Refinancing Operation)–nearly 490 billion euro in three-year 1% loans from 523 banks–only confirmed the suspicion of some market participants that European banks are having financing issues, and that the LTRO is unlikely to flow Read more…
US stock futures are walking the flat-line Tuesday morning following the long Christmas holiday weekend. London markets remained Read more…
Stocks moved higher on Friday but on extremely light volume. All five major indices closed in the black, with large cap issues leading the advance. Twenty eight of the thirty DJIA issues closed higher. By the closing bell the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSEARCA:DIA) had tacked on 1.0%, while Read more…
Michael Johnston: The curtain is about to drop on 2011, a year that will go down as a record-breaking period for the rapidly-expanding ETF industry. More than 300 exchange-traded products Read more…
Sara Nunnally: It’s happened… We finally see some real pushback against the euro from one of the EU’s newest members: the Czech Republic. On Dec. 15, three months after I first wrote today’s “Best Read more…
Jared Cummans: This year saw a surge in popularity for commodity investing. As the years have passed, investors have seen the benefits of investing in the risky, but lucrative asset class. Read more…
James Cordier, principal and founder of Liberty Trading Group, thinks the weakness seen in commodities towards the end of the year was more a statement on investor skittishness than a 
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