Articles by International Business Times

Bon Voyage to QE 2, Hello QE 2.5! (not really, if you like your currency to be strong!)

From CNNMoney four days ago : "QE2 is just about done. But the Federal Reserve will still be buying massive amounts of long-term Treasuries. In fact, the Fed's... Read >>

Take no Prisoners 8/4/11

Do not be a hero as this market will take no prisoners....long or short it does not matter...cash is king and keep your size small. Clearly we were wrong on Crude holding the lows from... Read >>

Daily Gold and Silver Report

Gold Settles $7.30 Lower... ($1659.00) Today's December Gold futures contract notched another all-time high trading $1684.90 before experiencing an avalanche type sell-off... Read >>

Copper Price Should Rise if Supply Side of the Equation is Considered

  After failing to re-test April's high of 9944.75, LME copper reversed gains on Monday. The decline has accelerated since then as worries over global economic slowdown... Read >>

The Grain Report - BUYING OPPORTUNITY

  BUYING  OPPORTUNITY........ Monday  to Wednesday brought more than ample pre-crop report buying with a Friday low to Wednesday high rally on corn of... Read >>

Venezuela to Compensate American Oil Companies for Nationalization?

If Cuba's Fidel Castro is America's favorite Latin American bĂȘte noire, then Venezuela's Hugo Chavez qualifies as Washington's reigning Prince of Darkness. In 1960, Fidel Castro... Read >>

The Energy Report - Can the Fed Stop the Red?

Another dismal oil inventory and despite a better than expected ADP jobs report, the bulk of the news has been bad or worse. Oh sure the Dow recovered on an oversold bounce due in part... Read >>

Gold and Silver Report - "Arrigato Gozaimasu"

Someone forgot to send a "dollar is way up" memo to the gold  trading pits this morning; the yellow metal was up by $10, (at $1,671 on the open) aiming for a... Read >>

MORNING GRAINS COMMENTS

  DJ US Export Sales: Weekly Sales Totals-Aug 4 For the week ended Jul 28, in thousand metric tons, except cotton in thousand running bales. Net changes in... Read >>

MORNING SOFTS COMMENTS

  COTTON General Comments:   Futures closed lower on what appeared to be speculative long liquidation that was... Read >>