Commodity Trading & Trend Following

If you listen to David Rosenberg a famed economist he makes points that are very clear. Not to be negative but the facts speak for themselves.
1.GDP projections for 2010 to the 1.5 to 2 percent range
2. Unemployment is unabated
3.Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans has publicly stated that government programs to help distressed homeowners [...]

The proverbial question is we in a V shaped recovery or a Bear Market Rally. Without predicting (One word every true trend follower hates) there are signs becoming apparent the stock market rally from March might be coming to an end. There are technical indicators which are pointing to weakness as well as recent economic [...]

I have heard so many times when speaking to investors that they have a diversified portfolio. I ask further and I have been told that they maintain a diversified portfolio of stocks consisting of both domestic and international companies. My immediate question is, are you really reducing your risk? Especially in these times it is [...]

I seem to have this discussion quit often. In order to achieve success in the commodity markets or forex markets does one need to have a higher level of intelligence than most. Past experience has proven this not to be the case. Example after example both public as well as in our brokerage have proven [...]

The statement…”Millions of dollars of profit for trend followers and commodity traders” are not a figment of my imagination. In Alpha Magazine in March of 2009 they listed the top 25 earners for 2008. The fact the top 25 are involved in futures trading and more so…trend following
Quoting Alpha Magazine.
#6 Bruce Kovner- Caxton Assoc. $640 [...]

So you want to be involved in Commodity trading and trend following. You realize the benefits of liquidity and transparency in commodity trading & trend following. You realize that potentially you can protect your net worth from the potential of inflation. I really should not even say potential, with all the money that was printed [...]

What do you think about the recent move up of both the S&P and Oil…
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The flood of US dollars seems to be coming, as well as inflation. The Federal Reserve started buying massive amounts of Treasuries and is gearing up its purchases of mortgage debt. The Fed will buy as much as $300 billion in long-term Treasurys in the next six months. It will increase it’s purchases of mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to $1.25 trillion, up from $500 billion. The printing presses got an injection of high octane yesterday. The FED will buy or lend against everything from corporate debt, mortgages and consumer loans to government bonds.