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Stocks slid sharply on Thursday but on mixed trade. All five major indices gapped higher at the open, reversed at the 10 minute mark and slid haplessly into the close. Higher beta issues led the plunge as the small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM), S&P MidCap 400 and Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) Read more…
Larry Edelson: Wow! Talk about wild and crazy markets! The swings are incredible. The Dow Industrials — down 500 points one day, up 400 the next. Down another 500 the next day, then up 300 and change. Read more…
NASDAQ:SQQQ, NYSE:DUG, NYSE:SDOW, NYSE:SH, NYSE:SPXU, NYSE:SRTY
Larry Edelson: This is a very important column. So please be sure to read it in its entirety. In my June 20 column, and again on June 27, I made it perfectly clear to you that the U.S. economy was headed for some very tough times. Read more…
Sy Harding: Commodities seem to be following the same pattern as global stock markets. That makes sense since the stock market is concerned about slowing global economies, and slowing economies obviously mean less demand for raw materials used to produce and ship products. Read more…
Tim Seymour: Institutional investors are increasing their bets on rising oil prices. Watch for this to play out elsewhere in the commodity markets as well. Read more…
Sean Brodrick: It’s funny — but not ha-ha funny — that oil prices are creeping higher even as the U.S. economy appears to be slowing down. Read more…
Sumit Roy: Resilient demand, tight supplies push Brent toward high for 2011. The Department of Energy reported this morning that in the week ending July 8, 2011, U.S. crude oil inventories decreased by 3.1 million barrels, gasoline inventories decreased by 0.8 million barrels, distillate Read more…
NYSE:DIG, NYSE:DUG, NYSE:ERX, NYSE:ERY, NYSE:SCO, NYSE:USO, OIH
When learning to trade certain patterns or trade set-ups, it’s best to start with “ideal” real-world examples to understand the logic of the set-up. Read more…
Hard Assets Investor: The author of ‘Oil’s Endless Bid’ provides his insight on the recent gyrations in the oil market.
Mike Norman (Norman): Hello everybody, and welcome to HardAssetsInvestor.com. I’m Mike Read more…
Dian L. Chu: World crude oil market has been rocked by the surprise announcement of the International Energy Agency (IEA) to release 60 million barrels of oil from member countries’ strategic petroleum reserves (SPR). The US led the effort by chipping in 50% of the planned release, Read more…
Toby Connor: The gold:oil ratio is nearing the upper limits of its trading band. When this level has been reached in the past it usually signaled a decline in gold (NYSE:DZZ) (move down into an intermediate cycle low) and a rally in oil (NYSE:USO) was eminent. Read more…
Chris Vermeulen: The coming summer should be exciting for traders! While summer trading generally tends to be slow, this one could be different. A large number of other professional traders Read more…
NYSE:AGQ, NYSE:DUG, NYSE:GLD, NYSE:SLV, NYSE:SPY, NYSE:USO, NYSE:UUP, NYSE:ZSL
Sumit Roy: Inventory data was overshadowed by a surprise OPEC meeting, as the market eyes a huge supply gap in the third quarter. Read more…
Corey Rosenbloom: What key reference price levels should we be watching in crude oil at the moment? Read more…
NYSE:DBO, NYSE:DIG, NYSE:DUG, NYSE:SCO, NYSE:UCO, NYSE:USO, OIL
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