Guest Commentary: Oil Prices Fell Very Sharply Yesterday, What's Next?

Oil prices fell very sharply yesterday. These falls were related, in part to the 2% bump in USD compared to EURO. What is headed for oil prices today?

Guest Commentary: Treasury Yields Update

The behavior of Treasuries is an area of special interest in light of the Fed's second round of quantitative easing, which was formally announced on November 3rd.

Guest Commentary: Gold & Silver Outlook 05.05.2011

Gold and silver continue to fall for the third straight day; let's examine the precious metal market for today, May 5th.

Guest Commentary: The Truth About Trading Errors and Winning Trades

In sport and in trading, we often think that it is the ability to make the big winning shots and big, home-run trades that separate great athletes and traders from the rest of us. That is not really true.

Weekly Economic and Financial Commentary

After much anticipation, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke at last held his press conference with select journalists this week. As expected, the mostly prepared remarks contained no new information. Some of the more telling aspects of the conference, however, helped provide greater insight into the Fed's economic outlook, inflation and inflation

Foreign Exchange Market Commentary

EUR/USD closed higher on Thursday as it extends this year's rally. The mid-range close sets the stage for a steady to higher opening on Friday. Stochastics and the RSI are overbought but remain neutral to bullish signalling that sideways to higher prices are possible near-term. If it extends this year's

FX Technical Commentary

Euro 1.4830 Initial support at 1.4769 (April 28 Low) followed by 1.4633 (Apr 27 low). Initial resistance is now located at 1.4905 (Dec 7 2009 high) followed by 1.5000 (Big Figure Resistance)