Market Commentary

Sterling Investment Services blog providing stock market commentary. Our daily topics include a look at the prior day’s market activity, our thoughts on the upcoming trading day. Additionally we provide support and resistance points, as well as expected direction of movement for the major market indices including the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, NASDAQ 100, and the Dow Jones Transportation Average.

Monday June 17th, 2013: A Look at Corn Futures

In this morning’s edition of the Sterling Market Commentary we take a look at the overall market since our prior posting, and we take a look at the situation developing in the upper Midwest concerning the efforts to get corn and soybeans planted due to the difficulties resulting from the frequent and heavy rains. Our comments are based upon actual visits to the planting region and conversations with established farmers, not the product of sitting in an office and reading government reports.

Sterling Market Commentary for Wednesday June 5th, 2013

In today’s edition of the Sterling Market Commentary we take a brief look at the trading activity from yesterday, and provide our thoughts on the upcoming market. We take a closer look at the Dow Jones Transportation Average and the situation in the grain markets, with a few thoughts on the recent planting issues for corn and soybeans in the Mid-West

Sterling Market Commentary for Wednesday March 6th, 2013

In today’s edition of the Sterling Market Commentary we take a look at other market bubbles and attempts at market manipulation that have occurred in recent decades and their results. We ask the question of why the manipulation of the bond market by the Federal Reserve Board should produce any results that are different from the outcome of other market manipulation efforts?