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Let's begin today's note with a MARKET STRUCTURE issue that showed its ugly face on Friday afternoon - at 3:59:59 pm......highlighting once again - the complete lack of understanding of the "new" mkt dynamics by the very people that are charged to oversee it......  Interestingly enough - not one major newspaper or media outlet chose to cover it - are we just numb to the dysfunction?  Have we decided to just accept mediocrity in our national mkts?  Markets that have defined the very essence…

In celebration of TheStreetMONSTER conference on June 7/8 in NYC, five contestants will receive four exclusive, behind-the-scenes passes to a taping of CNBC's hit program, "Mad Money with Jim Cramer." Guests will also get a VIP tour of the set by the Mad Man himself, where he will take pictures and sign books or autographs. This is a rare and special experience -- as the show is taped on a CLOSED SET and is not open to the public. **No purchase is required.…

Teaming up again for our Best Ideas!

http://www.thestreet.com/story/11920127/1/webinar-0515-our-best-ideas.html

Look forward to having the Yorba crew join us online.

September vs. December corn spread: Where can it go and where has it gone in the past. 

http://hightowerreport.com/2013/05/septemberdecember-corn-spread-where-can-it-go/?utm_campaign=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter

Corn planting progress at for the US at 28% complete, down from the 10 year average of 72%. Tight old crop supply to keep the September corn contract (CU) well supported against the December corn contract (CZ). Bullish outlook for the CU/CZ spread. …

Last time on, we suggested a bullish trade/outlook for the July/November soybean spread based on fundamentals in the market. Spread was near +180 on April 30th and we broke out to new highs today at +214. Profit taking weighing on the market midday. 

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Buried two- thirds down the page on the FT market news summary was a quote from Gary Foster at Brewer Dolphin regarding the Fed’s tapering of bond and mortgage backed securities. He said: “While the timing remains uncertain we understand that the Fed committee members plan to reduce the pace of purchases somewhat erratically to prevent the market from positioning ahead of the policymakers, by, say, quickly shorting Treasuries and mortgage backed securities.” “In short the communication…

Time to Revisit T-Notes

Futures Outlook:  05/13/13

I have been asking people to pay attention and be ready for the shift when it comes to T-Notes since Fall of last year.  I ask you now, to once more place your attention here. 

T-Notes

As the Fed has been accused of failure and yields have been pushed to unheard of lows, everyone needs to be aware of the potential for next steps to either harm your portfolio inherently due to exposure you already…

Some of my long- term indicators show an eerie similarity to 2007-08. The market is very tired. However, since 2009 we’ve had the heavy hand of the Fed printing trillions in new money. That new money has been the key driver pushing prices ever higher and higher.

Unlike 2007-08 the Fed will do everything in its power to keep the merry go round going round and round, printing and printing and printing more and more money.

What we…

Here are the support and resistance levels that the upcoming solar eclipse defines. Note that resistance for this eclipse was last hit just after the previous solar eclipse on November 13, 2012.

There's a detailed analysis of the effects of this eclipse in the new report on…

When we published our report on the solar eclipse in November, 2012, we featured five potential trades that were set to capitalize on the energy of the eclipse.

All five of those trades turned out to be profitable.

In this example, we entered a long position in Belo Corporation (BLC) on…

This new 83-page report has just been published; it includes information on specific high-probability trades to take in the days following the solar eclipse on May 9.

You can download a copy for instant delivery at THIS…

By Charles Biderman

Warren Buffet says bonds are a horrible investment because prices are artificially high due to the Fed creating phony money. And at some point, says Buffet the Fed will stop. To my way of thinking, that also makes stocks a horrible investment.

So,…

By Charles Biderman

Warren Buffet says bonds are a horrible investment because prices are artificially high due to the Fed creating phony money. And at some point, says Buffet the Fed will stop. To my way of thinking, that also makes stocks a horrible investment.

So,…

Futures Outlook: 05/7/13

Is it time for Corn to pick up the slack?

Corn has been in failure mode for a while now, but looking forward over the next number of months, you might see that shift.  The longer term charts are a bit overextended and as we run into support territories, we’ll have to watch closely to see if they hold and begin to push us higher.  In addition, we’ve seen some bullish activity that could give us a secondary cycle that could spell out opportunity coming…