Top Day Recommendations
12.12.08
As of 12:42 AM, Senate Republicans failed to support a bill pushed by the White House and the Democratic congress. This sent a shiver throughout the markets last night as the failure to pass gave life to the fear that the Big Three face a possible collapse by year end and the Recession [...]

Top Day Recommendations
12.10.08
API and Department of Energy reports out at 10:35 AM NYT.
Yesterday, the Treasury sold $30 billion in short term paper due to mature in 4 weeks. The yield? Zero. Nada. Nothing. Not only that but the Treasury offering was oversubscribed with a bid to cover ratio of 4/1. That’s right, $120 billion dollars [...]

December 9th, 2008
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Notes and Bonds soar, not sour.
Safe haven buying in Treasuries continues to push yields to arguably ridiculous levels, but there is no denying that investors are eager to simply get their principle back.  During the trading day, the three-month T-Bill had a yield of below zero.
The disconnect between the [...]

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12.03.08
Yesterday was sort of calm, for a change. Just a trading day. Not the greatest, not the worst, not the most, not the least. No superlatives. Refreshing. Of course there’s Friday’s unemployment number which should wreck its usual havoc. Today we have a possible preview of that number with the release of the [...]

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11.28.08
No eco news today. Black Friday is so named as it is the first day of the calendar year when brick and mortar retailers begin to go from being in the red to being in the black. Crude is lower on the belief that new production reductions will not be enough to counter [...]

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11.26.08
Durable goods come in at -6.2%, twice as much as the expected decline of -3.0% while consumer spending drops the most in seven years. China slashes rates to boost eco activity and this bumps copper towards 175 resistance. Gold is off today while silver is up. Gold tracks closely with the EC which [...]

COWS (Corn, Oats, Wheat and Soybeans)
The grain and soybean complex markets are beginning to find some good support. I advised prior to the declines that the record-breaking rallies would end. And they did. The bubble has burst as predicted and declines have been huge, also as predicted. We are in the ideal time frame for [...]

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11.24.08
Eleventh hour 306 billion dollar rescue package for Citigroup as well as a $20 billion dollar cash injection from the Treasury on top of the $25 billion they received last month has pushed stocks higher overnight. This is a complex deal but probably preferable to breaking up the company. The immediate response to [...]

November 21st, 2008
I am going to keep this short and sweet. It was an incredibly busy day in the markets, but I also have family in town and the Las Vegas Money Show to deal with.  I apologize for the inconvenience.  Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.
In previous reports (see bond [...]

November 20th, 2008
I am going to keep this short and sweet. It was an incredibly busy day in the markets, but I also have family in town and the Las Vegas Money Show to deal with.  I apologize for the inconvenience.  Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.
Unfortunately, yesterday’s prediction of an [...]

Weekly Futures Report
11.19.08
Filed 6:28 pm Wednesday
Last                                            Last Week 11.5
Jan Crude                            54.30                                              56.46
Jan Heat                             178.40                                             186.09
Jan XRB (Blended Gas)            114.55                                         128.26
Going into this week’s regularly scheduled report from the American Petroleum Institute and the Department of Energy, crude oil was steady. Traders were anticipating that when the reports were released, supplies would increase yet [...]