A discussion about key market trends, options strategies, and sector rotations in response to recent earnings reports and macroeconomic developments.

The technical aspect of DeepSeek is not new. The reaction to it though, is new. 

What will the Fed do? What will Trump’s policies lead to? What if and so forth and so on? Just watch the key commodities and that will tell you how and when the narrative changes.

The case for categorizing commodities as one asset class has always been a shaky affair based on convenience rather than logic.

This weekly Extreme Positions report highlights the Most Bullish and Most Bearish Positions for the speculator category. Extreme positioning in these markets can foreshadow strong moves in the underlying market.

Besides the historically wide spread between the rate of inflation and the Treasury market, the Fed is acutely aware that job growth is slowing. They understand all too well that this soft landing could easily turn into a full blown recession.

We have to watch the dollar to see if 100 holds or not. Unless there is a significant rally, a bounce from here should not be too impactful.

This weekly Extreme Positions report highlights the Most Bullish and Most Bearish Positions for the speculator category. Extreme positioning in these markets can foreshadow strong moves in the underlying market.

This weekly Extreme Positions report highlights the Most Bullish and Most Bearish Positions for the speculator category. Extreme positioning in these markets can foreshadow strong moves in the underlying market.

Should workers be protected in extreme heat? Rising temperatures have put 140 million Americans under heat alerts and led to deaths and health risks.

Avian influenza continues to spread among animals and has infected four dairy workers in the US. Concerns about human-to-human transmission are low.

China and India together grow more rice than the rest of the world combined. India is also the world’s largest rice exporter, accounting for one-third of rice exports by itself.

A basket of products for the traditional July Fourth cookout will reach its highest level ever recorded, per an American Farm Bureau survey.

This weekly Extreme Positions report highlights the Most Bullish and Most Bearish Positions for the speculator category. Extreme positioning in these markets can foreshadow strong moves in the underlying market.

This weekly Extreme Positions report highlights the Most Bullish and Most Bearish Positions for the speculator category. Extreme positioning in these markets can foreshadow strong moves in the underlying market.

Commodities offer profits that are independent of stocks and bonds, making commodity stocks a good way to protect and diversify your portfolio.

With El Nino weather patterns decimating South American crop yields, here are three agriculture ETFs to buy to weather the storm.

Governments are having trouble keeping the rate of newly built houses in line with the rate of immigration.

Considering that equity markets in the US got hit hard this week with the Nasdaq 100 giving up most of its gains for the year and now only up +1.25 % for the year, the question is what does that portend going forward?

This weekly Extreme Positions report highlights the Most Bullish and Most Bearish Positions for the speculator category. Extreme positioning in these markets can foreshadow strong moves in the underlying market.

Energy stocks have been on a tear recently. Gold, silver, and other metal shares have had an impressive run, too.

This weekly Extreme Positions report highlights the Most Bullish and Most Bearish Positions for the speculator category. Extreme positioning in these markets can foreshadow strong moves in the underlying market.

While most commodity ETFs have been soaring, the following five have been the show stealers so far this year.

This week’s financial landscape was marked by a blend of bullish sentiment in specific sectors and commodities, countered by volatility in the cryptocurrency market and cautiousness in the real estate and health sectors.

The price of an agricultural raw material basket has reached its highest level in over nine years due to the surge in cocoa costs, worrying chocolate lovers.