March 10, 2010
By: Matthew Bradbard
There has been so much fuss of late on the great performance in equities over the past year so we thought it would be interesting to put the indices head to head with the major commodities that we trade. Find the table below that shows the closing price on March 9, [...]
February 18, 2010
by: Matthew Bradbard
Find two charts below; the top chart is March S&P futures and the second chart is April gold futures. As long as 1100 acts as support in gold we suggest being lightly long gold futures and have positioned clients in August call spreads. As for the S&P 1100 should act [...]
10’ Outlook
January 20, 2010
By: Matthew Bradbard
Much like 2009 we expect 2010 to be more of a traders’ market as opposed to sitting in positions for extended periods. A successful trader will need to apply fundamental research and technical research by paying attention to seasonal tendencies, examining correlations commodity to commodity, monitoring the weather and [...]
January 12, 2010
by: Matthew Bradbard
To view the spreadsheet attached click here
We feel that with governments around the globe flooding the system with money and as long as some form of a global recovery starts to take foot there could be substantial appreciation in a variety of commodities. I feel it necessary to point out that [...]
by: Matthew Bradbard
January 10, 2010
Definition/theory:
Swing trading is typically defined as a trading practice whereby the underlying instrument is bought or sold at or near the end of an up or down price swing caused by daily or weekly price volatility. A swing trade position is typically open longer than a day, but shorter than trend-following [...]
December 09, 2009
By: Matthew Bradbard
Last night I took a trip down to Miami to visit with Jim Rogers at a book signing for his most recent book entitled: “A Gift to My Children a Father’s Lesson for Life and Investing.” After speaking briefly about his 3 year tour around the globe he spoke a little [...]
November 13 2009
By: Matthew Bradbard
Most commodity investors that I come into contact with are trading energies and metals but perhaps a healthy portfolio needs more vegetables. With the slowest harvest in over 2 decades we believe more investors should be looking towards agriculture. Looking at the macro view in our opinion adds further bullishness, being [...]
November 5, 2009
By: Jordanna Sheermohamed, M.S Meteorology
Weather and Climate Consultant for MB Wealth Corp.
Upon hearing the word monsoon, a conjecture of torrential rains, swollen riverbanks, and slick mudslides fills the mind. Although that might be a factor during monsoon season somewhere, it is not true for all monsoon regions. Much like the sea breezes felt [...]
September 17, 2009
By: Matthew Bradbard
A number of commodities have seen significant bullish moves in the recent weeks to months, cattle has not. As you can see by the chart below live cattle has been stuck in about a nickel trading range for much of 09’. Let me begin by telling you a little about the [...]
August 26, 2009
By: Matthew Bradbard
The way I explain this trade is that a ratio has gotten out of line and we are looking for it to get back in line. That does not mean back to 8:1 or even 10:1 (which has been the norm) but at least a reversion closer to the mean. As [...]
