Greetings and thank you for reading my blog!  The Bear Pulpit is a blog I came up with to provide education about the markets in the form of critical analysis, not just a laundry list of data, strategies and forecasts.  While the focus of The Bear Pulpit is trading specifically the commodity futures market, I'll be discussing a wide range of issues that have a direct and indirect impact on us as we trade, so that we don't miss the forest for the trees.

Education has been the bulk of my career, having taught at the high school level for nearly a decade.  I've approached both the mortgage and the futures industries as an educator, so that speculators are exposed to the information and analysis that improves decision-making.  I can't tell you what the "best" strategy is -- that depends on every individual trader, but I will provide an analysis of opportunities I see, and you'll see my arguments for how to take advantage of them.  My analyses won't always be "right" or "correct", and I hope you don't expect them to be so; my goal is to flesh out my opinions and give you an insight to how I'm thinking.  My opinions may make your head nod in approval or shake in dismissal, but the important thing is that it helps you arrive at a decision, since more money's been lost through indecision than through bad decisions.

I'm eager for comments and I'll be more than happy to converse with anyone about the markets.  Please feel free to e-mail me or to just simply comment on my entries!