Alan Knuckman brings two decades of commodity trading experience to his role as managing editor of Resource Trader Alert, a weekly newsletter providing analysis and real-time updates on current and evolving market conditions. His options, futures, and currencies experience have made him a sought after commentator on issues shaping both hard (extracted or mined) and soft (grown or produced through the agriculture industry) commodities. He is a frequent guest on major international media outlets including CNBC, Sky News, MarketWatch, Bloomberg, Fox Business Network, CNN Money, and Reuters.
Perspective is a function of time and distance from events. It is much more difficult to think clearly and execute a long-term plan the closer you are to the market action. The stock market volatility last week had extreme moves in both directions with the net essentially unchanged.
The rally back ...read more
The pre Fourth of July holiday week saw stocks rally off key support. The five session gains in excess of 5% for the major stock indexes marked the biggest weekly advance in two years. The bottoming potential at March lows reversed stocks with conviction.
Commodity contracts actually led the way higher...
Crude, ...read more
Sometimes the talking heads and pundits in the media don't let facts get in the way of the financial narrative they want. Their daily drive for drama intentionally plays on traders' emotions for audience ratings. Watching, listening or reading the often-misguided over-analysis of happenings that drive markets is entertainment designed ...read more
The race to the bottom continues in global currencies with few exceptions.
Through my homefront perspective dollar weakness isn't all that bad. It benefits the US corporations through increased overseas sales with the relative price discount. It also benefits commodities. They rise as the dollar drops because foreign currencies have more ...read more
Commodities have led the asset markets higher driven by strength in crude and gold. Crude has powered above $112 possibly on the way to the projected target of $125 in mid April — even in the face of a pullback.
The Commodity Research Bureau Index (CRB) made new multi year highs ...read more
At the beginning of 2011 I gave a special forecast to Agora Financial Reserve members (see below)… the resounding recommendation was for silver. Specifically I was quoted saying “I see more potential in silver [than gold.] I look for silver to double in price this year, again.”
In retrospect that was ...read more
While many investors see bonds as boring investments for the risk-averse, the truth is that bonds can give traders a wealth of information about where other markets are headed. Today, I want to share how I look at the bond market to determine how to trade the commodity markets – ...read more
The commodities/futures markets perform two major functions that often go unappreciated as investors try to make a dollar.
The number one role is price discovery. The markets bring buyers and sellers to determine the equilibrium price based on all of the fundamental information known. Opinions, insight and knowledge are transparent through ...read more
Key levels, support, resistance, retracements, targets and exits are all numbers on the price chart for stocks and commodities.
As you know this is a way of evaluating the strength and direction of assets for future movements. The numbers never leave my mind, instead they're just pushed to the back to ...read more
Gold has remained a hot topic through these first few weeks of 2011… Today I want to talk to you about the best way to profit off this hot commodity.
The extreme sensitivity to all financial news and world events had made gold, normally just a safe haven asset, look more ...read more
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