Natural gas futures are in the midst of a potent recovery rally from yesterday's low.

Inability of SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) to claw higher to fill today's gap-down in the hours immediately ahead will increase the likelihood of downside continuation.

James Mound reviews futures and commodities in his weekly report for the week of October 18.

No matter how you analyze the market, you must never forget the human element.

Printing up extra money -- with no backing -- used to be the sort of thing only counterfeiters did. Now it is done by the central bankers and Treasury Secretaries themselves.

Ben Bernanke gave the Japanese some advice about 10 years ago. He said that if their economy was stuck in the doldrums it was their own damned fault.

The US Natural Gas Fund ETF (UNG) recently hit a 27-month low.

Things are not getting better. The US government is so deep in the hole it may never be able to get out. It borrows a dollar for every dollar it receives in taxes. So, it's still digging the hole deeper.

It's not enough just to get back the 8.36 million jobs that were lost in the crisis. The US also needs to create about 15 million more jobs over the next 10 years in order to stay even with population growth and return to full employment. That’s about 23 million all together.

The Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) is consolidating as we await the minutes of the last Fed meeting.