Commodity markets often have seasonal tendencies due to planting cycles, weather and/or demand. Hog and cattle prices tend to peak in mid-summer during prime grilling season. Gasoline futures tend to peak in late spring or… Read More
Stock Rally Likely to Prove Ephemeral
There has been a lot of talk in the financial press about the shape of the COVID-19 recovery. “V” shapers view the huge 38% rally in the S&P 500 as predictive and a solid signal… Read More
Silver Soars & Posts Big Gains Versus Gold
Silver is finally gaining on gold, reversing nearly all of its richer cousin’s gains since silver’s coronavirus collapse. It took 125 ounces of silver to buy one ounce of gold barely a month ago. This… Read More
Beans Still a Bargain
Soybeans were a bargain when we wrote about them in early March. We believe they still are. Soybeans have labored under the deflationary conditions plaguing the rest of the agricultural commodity sector. COVID-19 is just… Read More
Silver for Pennies-on-the-Dollar: Revised Edition Spring/Summer 2020
Silver is known as “the poor man’s gold” because it has always been cheaper than its yellow cousin due to its relative abundance. There is approximately 19 times more silver in the earth’s crust than… Read More
COVID Collapse Creates Bargain Buy Opportunity in Sugar
Crisis creates opportunity. Reason often gets tossed out the window when fear fills the minds of traders. We’ve already seen this happen in a number of commodities including gasoline, natural gas, coffee and now, sugar…. Read More
Gold Makes New Swing Highs
Gold blew through tough resistance at $1,700 per ounce yesterday and came within less than $8 of our $1,750 target price in overnight price action. $1,742.50 is now the new swing high for the front… Read More
Gold Explodes
The chart below is the perfect illustration of why we love options — especially in this climate of heightened fear. RMB Group trading customers and readers who have been following our blog posts know that… Read More
Global Rush to Cash Helps Drive Corn and Soybeans into the Bargain Bin
People need to eat — sick or not — unemployed or not. Whether you are Asian, European, North American, South American, African or Australian, you need to eat. There are roughly 7.6 billion human beings… Read More
Market Meltdown Means Big Buying Opportunity in RBOB Gasoline
Every crisis breeds opportunities. This one is no different. Fear overrides all in a crisis. This leads to dislocations that wouldn’t occur normally. Stock futures are limit down as we write this on Sunday night,… Read More