COMMENTARY
  


 
  

 

Each week, SFO brings you a market commentary from a leading analyst in either stocks, futures, options, forex or ETFs. Check every Monday morning for the new column focused on the market’s short- to medium-term actions and how to trade them.













Will Fears About Profits Prove to be Incorrect?
By Charles Rotblut, CFA, Senior Market Analyst for Zacks.com
A contributing factor to the correction has been a disbelief in profit forecasts. Bluntly put, some ...
Bright Future on the Eastern Horizon
By John Harrington, DTN livestock analyst
It is no secret that it is a prosperous time for grain farmers. Many of the grain markets have hit ...
Back to the Brink—Again
By Jacob Oubina, Currency Strategist
Post ECB/NFP Dollar Rally Looks Overdone In one fell swoop, the greenback managed to reverse what...
Heads or Tails?Making Sense Out of Option Data
By Dan Passarelli, Director of Education for OptionsHouse Inc.
Luck or skill? To be sure, option trading involves a bit of both. Whether we like to admit it or not...
The Earnings Conundrum
By Charles Rotblut, CFA, Senior Market Analyst for Zacks.com
If it feels like market sentiment has worsened during the past few weeks, there is a reason why. The...
Erupting Corn Prices Ahead
By Darin Newsom, DTN Senior Analyst
Have you seen the episode of "Mythbusters" on the Discovery Channel where the hosts test the reactio...
Fed Attempts to Bolster USD, ECB Flummoxes
By Brian Dolan, chief currency strategist for FOREX.com
The new month got off to a rollicking start (yes, I'm being sarcastic) with Fed chair Bernanke on Tu...
Trading Options on Volatile Stocks
By Dan Passarelli, Director of Education for OptionsHouse Inc.
All option trades are volatility trades. Take a simple strategy like a long call. Buying a call has ...
Monsters in the Closet
By Charles Rotblut, CFA, Senior Market Analyst for Zacks.com
Traders reacted to the minutes of April’s Fed Reserve meeting like a child worried about monsters in...
Current State of the Ethanol Futures Market
By Rick Kment
Usually, a maturing industry with room for market growth will spur high volumes of investors rushing...
Oil Keeps Moving Higher, Threatening Growth, Inflation
By Brian Dolan, chief currency strategist for FOREX.com
Oil prices gained nearly 8 percent this week after a U.S. investment house issued a report suggestin...
Earnings Pitfalls
By Dan Passarelli, Director of Education for OptionsHouse Inc.
Sunday nights are an exciting time in our house for my son; it’s allowance night. See, my son is sav...
Two Markets
By Charles Rotblut, CFA, Senior Market Analyst for Zacks.com
On our Zacks Elite website, I’ve been talking to our subscribers about two markets. One suggests opt...
More Pain At The Pump Ahead
By Darin Newsom, DTN Senior Analyst
Songwriter Pete Seeger must have been part commodity analyst as he penned "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Eve...