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Today's MarketClub TV: Why Commodity markets are so important and deserve a spot in your portfolio

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Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, co-founder of MarketClub with MarketClub TV for Wednesday, the 20th of February.

WHY COMMODITY MARKETS ARE SO IMPORTANT
The commodity markets are incredibly important as they really drive commerce and the economy. Think of the role that commodities play in our everyday lives, they affect the cost of what we eat, what we buy and how we drive to and from work. In today's show, we will be looking at the major trends in all of the major commodity markets.

THE WORLD CUP PORTFOLIO
Five years ago, we began the World Cup portfolio using core commodity markets. Five of the six components that make up the World Cup portfolio are pure commodity plays-wheat, corn, soybeans, gold and crude oil. The sixth element is the Dollar Index. Here are the theoretical returns for the World Cup portfolio starting in 2008: Continue reading "Today's MarketClub TV: Why Commodity markets are so important and deserve a spot in your portfolio" →

Today's Video Newsletter: Now it's getting personal - and what's going on in GOLD!

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Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, co-founder of MarketClub with your mid-day market update for Friday, the 15th of February.

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CARL ICHAN VS BILL ACKMAN, NOW IT'S PERSONAL
One of the biggest mistakes you can make in trading is getting personal with the market. That is why it's amazing to me to see Carl Ichan and Bill Ackman act like two school kids with this very public fight over HERBALIFE. The one-on-one animosity and hatred they have for each other is now in the public arena. Basically, they both want to win on HERBALIFE and the reality is it's going to cost one of their hedge fund clients a lot of money. After the close in after hours trading, Carl Ichan announced that he had purchased 14 million shares, effectively giving him a 12.98 percent stake in HERBALIFE. This was enough to push shares of HERBALIFE up 20% in after hours trading. Continue reading "Today's Video Newsletter: Now it's getting personal - and what's going on in GOLD!" →

Today's Video Newsletter: Money Makes The World Go Around

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Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, co-founder of MarketClub with your mid-day market update for Tuesday, the 12th of February.

TONIGHT - STATE OF THE UNION
I will be a guest on CNBC Asia, live from Washington DC shortly after the State of the Union Address on "Cash Flow" around 10pm ET, tonight (Feb 12th). I will be discussing President Obama's speech and what effect it will have on the markets. I hope you have time to tune in and watch.

CURRENCY WARS
You have probably heard the terms "currency wars" and "race to the bottom" to describe what has been taking place in the world currency markets in the last few years. Today, we will be looking into a market that is bigger than all of the US equity markets combined and trades over four trillion dollars a day! Continue reading "Today's Video Newsletter: Money Makes The World Go Around" →

Today's Video Newsletter: A Snake, an iWatch and the State of the Union

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Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, co-founder of MarketClub with your mid-day market update for Monday, the 11th of February.

2013-THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE
Yesterday was the beginning of Chinese New Year, the year of the snake. Traditionally, the Chinese set off fireworks to mark this holiday and celebrations take place throughout China. This year, sales of fireworks were 37% less than in previous years. This was said to reflect a government appeal to ignite fewer fireworks to avoid more pollution in the cities. The year of the snake means it's going to be a year of steady progress, focus and discipline for the nation of China. Given the crazy world that we are living in, steady progress, focus and discipline are not a bad way to go IMHO. Continue reading "Today's Video Newsletter: A Snake, an iWatch and the State of the Union" →

Weekly Futures Recap with Mike Seery

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We’ve asked Michael Seery of SEERYFUTURES.COM to give our INO readers a weekly recap of the Futures market. He has been Senior Analyst for close to 15 years and has extensive knowledge of all of the commodity and option markets.

Michael frequently appears on multiple business networks including Bloomberg news, Fox Business, CNBC Worldwide, CNN Business, and Bloomberg TV. He is also a guest on First Business, which is a national and internationally syndicated business show.

Energy Futures--- The energy futures had a wild trading week with heating oil the big story after breaking out from 3.10 a gallon a couple weeks back hitting a 3 ½ month high and as I had advised buying the 3 ½ month breakout to the upside now up another 400 points today at 3.2425 in the March contract a gallon hitting an 11 month high up around 800 points for the trading week due to the fact of a big storm hitting New England. Crude oil futures were slightly lower this Friday afternoon down around $2 for the trading week with major resistance at $98 and major support at $95 still stuck in a sideways channel after consolidating after hitting 4 month highs and still trading above its 20 and 100 day moving average. Unleaded gasoline which is been the strongest in the energy sector trading far above its 20 and 100 day moving average consolidating for the week basically trading unchanged this Friday afternoon finishing up over 500 points still at 1 year highs on the fact that demand around the world is increasing tremendously pushing prices up as stock markets are also improving around the world increasing optimism. Continue reading "Weekly Futures Recap with Mike Seery" →