The El Niño weather event BMTA examined in our last Alert (click here to re-read) is getting even stronger. Some scientists have increased the probability of a strong El Niño this year to 90%. Other… Read More
Subtle Buy Signal in Platinum Gold Spread
Platinum is rarely cheaper than gold for a number of factors. We outlined some of these reasons last month in our Special Report: “Platinum Is Significantly Cheaper than Gold for Just the 2nd Time in… Read More
Is It Time To Buy Crude Oil?
Crude oil is a notoriously volatile market. The past decade has seen two steep declines that devastated prices. Bears point to the fracking revolution which is responsible for a massive increase in US oil production… Read More
Sugar Losing Sour Taste: Is It Time to Buy?
Drought in Brazil – the world’s #1 sugar producer – was the catalyst behind last week’s move higher in sugar. Dry conditions have caused production in the sugar-growing regions of Brazil to drop 7.4% compared… Read More
Take Some Cash Off the Table in T-Bonds
Last week was a good one for bond bears. December T-bond futures managed to close below the weekly uptrend line and shift momentum to the downside. However we need to see another lower close this… Read More
50% Retracement May Be Perfect Opportunity to Sell Hogs
Porchine Epidemic Diarrhea virus or PEDv has killed millions of pigs, sharply reducing supplies of marketable animals in the US and fueling one of the biggest rallies the hog market has ever seen. Yesterday’s announcement… Read More
Take Cash Off the Table in Euro
The time has come to take some cash off the table in Euro. The common currency fallen below our first short-term downside target of $1.3250 and appears to be holding support. If you own more… Read More
Bearish Opportunities in T-Bonds & Notes
The rally in T-notes and T-bonds has been one of the biggest surprises of the summer. Prices have risen (and yields fallen) despite an American economy that has been gathering momentum. The US economy may… Read More
VIX, Euro & Yen “Big Move” Updates
So much for a slow summer. The release of Federal Reserve’s meeting notes last week revealed a lot more optimism than Wall Street expected. This “good news” spelled bad news for the stock market as… Read More
Investing in the New Gold: Protein
The need for food is unrelenting and universal. It has been the force behind mass migrations and wars. English cleric and scholar Thomas Malthus (1766-1834) was fascinated by the relationship between population and food. He… Read More