Market Trends & Outlook

The Crude Chart is Looking Familiar

Oil has taken investors on quite the ride lately…especially if they were long.  Since its high of $72.90 only nine trading days ago, crude...

Corn Technicals are Looking Interesting

See notes in chart. The post Corn Technicals are Looking Interesting appeared first on Catalyst Hedged Commodity Strategy Fund Blog.

The US Can Make Up Venezuela’s Oil Production Loss, But OPEC May Still Raise Output Limits

In 2009, Venezuela was the world’s 8th largest producer of oil and the US was ranked as #3. According to the EIA, the US...

Monsoon Season Could Spike Demand for India Gold

According to MarketSlant’s Frank Holmes, it’s estimated that India will have a “normal” monsoon season this summer. This is good news for gold’s Love...

77% and 27 months

It’s eerie sometimes to see how close history gets to repeating itself.  The big oil decline during 2008 which bottomed in 2009 dropped the...

Corn Could Get Interesting This Week

It should be interesting what happens to the price of corn after this Thursday’s USDA numbers. The monthly chart shows corn being positive the...

Thoughts on Volatility and the Markets

As we leave 2016 behind and prepare for 2017, I wanted to share some of the themes we have recently been speaking and writing about. Over the last quarter, we penned four articles, appeared in three videos, and were quoted several times in additional articles.

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