Trading Markets

Gas Boom

A new cold front descending on the heaviest consuming residential market haslocked, loaded, and shot natural gas futures to yet another dramatic all-timehigh. Temperatures in Illinois and other Midwestern states that account for over25% of residential consumption spiked nat gas prices in overnight,

Wage Inflation Tempers Bonds

Todays jobs report showed employmentweakening–unemployment increasing–slightly more than forecast, moving from a30-year low of 3.9% to 4%. Although this would enhance the chance for the Fed toease short-term interest rates from a nine-year high of 6.5%, the uptick in thewages component of the rep

Gas Hits New Rarefied Level

Natural gas continues to be the most volatile contractwith much of the trading activity being conducted after hours on the Accesssystem. Nat gas gapped open in the New York session to 9.00, a contract andall-time record, but proceeded to trade straight down into yesterdaysconsolidation area and hit

Natural Gas Explosion

Natural gas exploded, exceeding record highs set just this week after aforecasted arctic blast swooped down through the Midwest, bringing early andwell-below average cold temperatures. The contract is the leading member of the Momentum-5List and shot up nearly 20% on the open. Overstretched, the con

Hail To The (Almost) Chief

Stock index futures are staging one of their biggest percentage rallies of theyear with the Nasdaq 100 futures
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Greenspan, Court Light Naz’s Fire

Dovish comments from Fed head Al Greenspan and a court ruling heightening thechance of a resolution to the contested presidential election proved just thecocktail traders needed to jump back into equities that have been sliced in halffrom their March highs. A 5% decline in the price of crude added

Index, Gas And Juice Futures Exploding

Stock index futures are surging after the US Supreme Court reversed a FloridaState Supreme Court decision. Natural gas and orange juice are higher on coldweather as well. Stock indexes surged on the media reports that the Supreme Courts remandedthe Florida decision. But the interpretation remains