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Euan Wilson
8/26/2008 5:00:00 PM
A lot can happen in a week, especially in the commodities markets.
That's why Senior Commodities Analyst Jeffrey Kennedy writes the Daily Futures Junctures Weekly Wrap-up each Friday. Jeffrey uses these updates to review and post forecast charts for every major commodity market. He also records a video update which allows him to talk about each one of his charts in depth.
By way of example, here's an excerpt of last Friday's update, with Jeffrey discussing what the week's action in Soybeans means for the future:
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Weekly wrap up, Jeffrey Kennedy, Video, Futures Junctures, soybeans
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Commodities
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Nico Isaac
8/25/2008 4:45:00 PM
It’s official: The five-year long Commodity boom has gone from white-hot to white-not. To wit: since the start of July 2008, the futures markets have seen more jaw-dropping free falls than the Beijing Olympics diving competition...
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Commodities, oil, Gold, Silver, Corn, CRB, us dollar, bubble
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Commodities
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Nico Isaac
8/21/2008 5:15:00 PM
If financial markets are well-oiled machines that react mechanically to outside events, it stands to reason -- If you master the system, there’s no way to go wrong. In actuality, the story is quite different, as the recent action in COCOA makes plain...
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Commodities, cocoa, us dollar, greenback, futures
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Commodities
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Euan Wilson
8/20/2008 2:45:00 PM
If you have watched a few episodes of the hit TV series House, you know there is a specific formula for each episode. The gifted but fiercely independent doctor must find the answer to a medical mystery before the show's end — a total of 43 minutes. However, until that time, Dr. House and his team make any number of right and wrong moves, yet each one serves to reach the final, correct diagnosis.
An Elliott Wave technician's job works much the same way: not every Wave Count unfolds as expected. Yet even if you get off track, a mistaken forecast can still reveal the bigger story, as new facts flow in from the market.
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Dr. House, Jeffrey Kennedy, soybeans, Commodities, Futures Junctures
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Commodities
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Euan Wilson
8/18/2008 9:30:00 AM
It's late summer, which means a boring TV schedule with nothing but reruns. If you're a Law & Order or CSI type, you might be longing for some good courtroom drama right now. Look no further than the August issue of Monthly Futures Junctures: Senior Analyst Jeffrey Kennedy is the expert on the witness stand and you, the jury, learn the answers to the commodity market's toughest questions.
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Monthly Futures Junctures, Grains, Corn, wheat, soybeans, coffee, cocoa, orange juice
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Commodities
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Euan Wilson
8/12/2008 10:15:00 AM
It's mid-August, which means the kids will soon be back in school. If you recall any of your returning days to class, perhaps the memory is how smooth and easy it was, with little schoolwork beyond a simple quiz. But the markets only take off on weekends and federal holidays -- so an investor shouldn't find the Pop Quiz question in the headline too demanding, especially since we'll provide the answer now, to wit: After a five-wave impulse move (in either direction) come a three wave corrective move.
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Commodities, impulse wave, corrective wave, technical analysis, Futures Junctures
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Commodities
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Nico Isaac
8/7/2008 4:30:00 PM
One of the biggest flaws of fundamental analysis is its tendency to present a multitude of outside factors for a given market --- All of which have conflicting implications. Case in point: The bullish, bearish, bullish, bearish news items regarding the Coffee market. Read the full story...
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Commodities, futures, coffee
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Commodities
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Euan Wilson
8/7/2008 2:45:00 PM
When it comes to foolishness, Shakespeare always gets straight to the point -- which brings to mind the work it usually takes to get the point of most financial media "analysis," because it's so often overwhelmed by useless chaff. And sadly, wheat is no exception
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wheat, Futures Junctures, Commodities, Prices
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Commodities
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Euan Wilson
8/5/2008 5:30:00 PM
The financial media is very fond of linking a given market's price action to other stuff that happened in the same day -- but seldom do they explain why. First prices fall hard "as rain and cooler weather improved prospects for crops" -- and second, this one-day action is part of a 30% decline in corn over the past five weeks. But what about the first four weeks of that price decline, which included a shortage of rain and hotter-than-usual temperatures?
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Corn, Commodities, Price Action, Futures Junctures, Rain, Crops, Historic Prices
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Commodities
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Nico Isaac
7/31/2008 5:30:00 PM
It’s another typical day in Grand Commodity Station, where passengers step aboard two very different “trains” of opportunity: The "F" or fundamental line, and the "EW" or Elliott Wave line. Their destination: Soybean Meal. Find out which one makes it to their destination on time...
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Commodities, soybean meal, soymeal, futures
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Commodities
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by
Euan Wilson
7/31/2008 11:30:00 AM
When you reach the summit of Mt. Everest, for example, you'll want to take a few moments to enjoy the view. But soon enough, the oxygen-poor atmosphere and air temperature remind you that it's time to head back down. You can't climb any higher anyway. But why didn't that same reminder come 100 feet before you got to the mountaintop? Well, it probably did. You knew the peak was coming but were determined to finish the climb anyway. And believe it or not, markets work the same way.
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lean hogs, mountains, Markets, Futures Junctures
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Commodities
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Euan Wilson
7/29/2008 5:45:00 PM
Successful investing is never born of disarray, as any experienced trader will tell you. That's why an effective methodology for trading will include effective rules. So, when a commodity's price action does the unexpected, coherent rules to govern your analysis and actions can be the difference between a big loss and a small one.
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Corn, Wave Principle, Commodities, Futures Junctures, Forecasts
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Commodities
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Nico Isaac
7/23/2008 5:30:00 PM
News Flash: crude oil AND sugar prices are about as synchronized as a dolphin and a duck-billed platypus. And, nothing makes this reality more clear than recent historical data comparing the two markets. Get the full story in today's Futures Focus...
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sugar, futures, Commodities, Crude oil
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Commodities
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Nico Isaac
7/17/2008 5:30:00 PM
On Thursday, July 17, Coffee prices were about as perky as a lump of dry coal. By day’s end, the market had plunged to its lowest level in over a month. After reading today's Futures Focus, you'll see why the big move down was no surprise to Elliott Wave International's premier near-term commodity service...
Filed Under:
coffee futures, Commodities, Crude oil, coffee
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Commodities
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by
Euan Wilson
7/17/2008 10:00:00 AM
"A bullish key reversal occurs when prices make a new low below the previous price range, but close above the previous day's close." An important reversal just happened in Wheat. But just how important? EWI's Jeffrey Kennedy has the answers.
Filed Under:
wheat, Corn, Commodities, Daily Futures Junctures, Jeffrey Kennedy, Commodity
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Commodities
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Nico Isaac
7/14/2008 4:30:00 PM
At last, the most highly anticipated birth around has finally taken place -- and no, I’m not talking about Brangelina’s twins (born: July 13). Elliott Wave International’s senior commodity analyst Jeffrey Kennedy has just delivered the brand-new July 2008 Monthly Futures Junctures -- a 12-page, hale and hearty publication that screams “Opportunity” into these and many more markets:
Filed Under:
Commodities, brangelina, futures, coffee, cocoa, sugar, Corn, soybeans, Crude oil
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Commodities
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Nico Isaac
7/10/2008 5:30:00 PM
The biggest problem with fundamental analysis is its uncanny ability to point out trends that have long since been in place. Basically, it’s the equivalent of yelling “SURPRISE!” to the birthday man/woman of honor hours after he/she has already shown up to the surprise party. See what we mean with regard to the recent action in Orange Juice...
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orange juice futures, Commodities, futures, o.j., greening disease, feeder cattle
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Commodities
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Nico Isaac
7/3/2008 5:15:00 PM
Celebrate the Fourth of July Holiday weekend early with the brand-new July 3 Daily Futures Junctures “Weekly Wrap-up” edition. In this explosive publication, editor Jeffery Kennedy sets off two dozen fireworks of opportunity in these (and more) key markets: Cocoa, O.J., Soybeans, Lumber, Pork Bellies.
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Commodities, cocoa, soybeans, lumber, pork bellies, orange juice, futures
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Commodities
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by
Euan Wilson
6/30/2008 5:00:00 PM
Expecting markets to always behave according to your trading models is futile, and experienced traders know that. Being prepared to "assess, adapt, relabel and move on!" is an excellent piece of advice, because markets will throw you a curve ball more often than you'd expect. Elliott Wave International talks about how.
Filed Under:
Corn, wheat, Futures Junctures
Category:
Commodities
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by
Nico Isaac
6/26/2008 5:30:00 PM
On June 26, Soybean prices rocketed to a new all-time high and took the entire grain complex by storm -- literally. According to the mainstream experts, severe thunderstorms in the already inundated Midwest region are lifting the market’s tide...
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soybean, record high, futures, wheat, Corn
Category:
Commodities
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