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By Robert J. O'brien |
March 29, 2011
Daily updates of the MAAD and CPFL stock index indicators from Robert McCurtain.
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By Robert J. O'brien |
December 3, 2010
Daily updates of the MAAD and CPFL stock index indicators from Robert McCurtain.
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By Robert J. O'brien |
February 19, 2009
From our earlier days in the trading pit, we seem to remember the old rule of thumb that traders ought to buy market declines at this time of year. Seasonally speaking, we should be entering a time
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By Robert J. O'brien |
January 5, 2009
Maybe it was just a situation where the markets easily made major moves in very thin markets. Nevertheless, last week the Dow Jones Industrial Average took center stage, roaring 6% higher despite
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By Robert J. O'brien |
December 18, 2008
Ever since wheat futures (CBT.W) made its contract low on Dec. 5 ($4.71 per bushel), wheat has made higher intra-day highs for eight straight days. This is quite impressive, because many commodities
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By Robert J. O'brien |
December 1, 2008
Like most other commodities this year, cattle prices topped out over the summer (top volume February futures (CME.LC) hit a high of $117.65 on June 20). However, cattle prices have not been hit as
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By Robert J. O'brien |
November 24, 2008
The World Gold Council said this week that investment demand for gold rose 56% to 382.1 tons for the third quarter, “as heightened economic and financial uncertainty stirred safe haven buying.” That
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By Robert J. O'brien |
November 3, 2008
Historically speaking, cattle futures have fallen in October a little less than half the time (since 1978), with an average decline of 3.8%. This year, cattle futures fell by double that amount; but
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By Robert J. O'brien |
October 24, 2008
It is hard to be bullish when Wall Street is selling! Earlier this year, it didn't seem to matter that there was a credit crisis, for the soy complex was making astounding new highs. For example, the
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By Robert J. O'brien |
September 29, 2008
How will the nation's financial trouble affect the corn market? Who really knows? Some analysts think that investors who are afraid of stocks and debts will turn to the real world of commodities,
