The recent short term moves in the stock and currency markets continued this past week with stocks falling once again and the US dollar gaining steam and rising for the week against all the major markets that we trade at LS Trader. (…)

It’s been another choppy week in the markets, which has seen some of the recent trends come to an end, especially in the stock markets. (…)

This coming Monday is Martin Luther King day in the US, so the US markets will be closed on Monday, so we will have a shortened trading week. (…)

It’s been a very good start to 2010 with several markets trending well and some large moves being seen in a few markets, especially Orange juice. (…)

As we bring the curtain down on 2009 and move in to 2010 the long term trends remain as they have been for much of the past year with the long term trends being up in stocks and commodities and down in the US dollar. (…)

Stocks continued the recent rally and posted new highs for the year as recent dollar strength took a pause. Commodities also had a strong week for the most part as several markets headed higher again. (…)

Stocks have held up well in spite of strength in the US dollar and may well test new highs for the year this coming week. (…)

The recent correction in many markets has continued this week but stocks have held up well and may well test new highs for the year in the week ahead. (…)

On the whole it’s been a volatile week for most markets with some large swings seen in commodities and currencies. (…)

The news that came out of Dubai this past week wreaked havoc on the electronic markets (since US markets were officially closed electronic markets were traded around the world as Thursday was only a holiday in the US). (…)