The eventuality of higher longer-term Treasury yields in the weeks and months ahead appears to be relentlessly marching towards us now.

James Mound reviews futures and commodities in his weekly report for the week of December 13.

You'd think that a guy with $850 billion in his pocket could pretty much name his own price. But central planners always seem to run into a ditch.

Purely from a technical perspective, the E-mini S&P 500 needs to accelerate to the upside out of its marginal new high pattern very soon.

The bargain was struck yesterday. The rich get to hold onto their money for another two years. And the poor get another 13 months of unemployment benefits. Win-win, right?

If the ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury ETF (TBT) continues to strengthen, it implies higher yields, which should be a very favorable development for banks like Bank of America (BAC).

The feds are supposed to pursue corrupt operators. But now the feds are at the center of the racket.

An Indian investor can be optimistic.  He should be optimistic.  He should want to own a piece of the future.

A little good economic news early in the week sent stocks tumbling last Monday and Tuesday. Then a little bad news later last week sent stocks soaring.

James Mound reviews futures and commodities in his weekly report for the week of December 6.