Jack Crooks
Black Swan Capital

Mr. Jack Crooks has over 20 years experience in the currency, equity, and futures arena. He is a seasoned investment advisor who has held key positions in brokerage, money management, trading, and research.

Jack is also the founder and president of Black Swan Capital, a currency advisory and management firm. Previously, he also founded Ross International Asset Management and served as General Manager of Plexus Trading. A discretionary money management firm, Ross International specialized in global stock, bond, and currency asset management for retail clients. As General Manager and partner of Plexus Trading, he specialized in currency futures and commodities trading.

In addition, Mr. Crooks was Chief Currency and Futures Strategist of M2 Futures Inc., an investment boutique headquartered in Chicago. He also held the position of Vice President of Global Strategic Research for an international investment boutique where he was responsible for providing daily advice and global strategy analysis. Prior to entering the investment arena, Jack worked in various corporate finance positions. He has written extensively on the subject of global currencies and international economics, and has been interviewed on CNBC for his insights on the Japanese yen.

Archived Webinars
Global Market Volatility - Ideal for Currency Trading
09.14.11

Global Macro Themes - Intermediate-Term FX Futures Trade Setups
05.04.11

Global Macro Themes: Three Favorite Intermediate-Term FX Trade Setups
10.20.10

China’s Currency Revaluation – Impact on Major FX Pairs
07.30.10

Why the Euro Goes to Par or Beyond against the US Dollar
04.14.10

Currency Trade Setups for Major Pairs and Emerging Markets to Start 2010
01.15.10

Key Trading Global Macro Scenarios for the US Dollar
09.16.09

Black Swan: Where Does the U.S. Dollar Go From Here?
05.19.09

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Market Correlation Questions: What is the Primary Driver Here?
05.02.12

Might Copper Longs Take a Bath After the China News?
03.28.12

The Big Swing: US Long Rates? The Ball is in China's Court!
03.14.12

Hip-hip Hooray for Crude Oil's Breakout
02.23.12

7 Reasons Why the Chinese Yuan Can't Save Us Now
02.17.12

A Self-Feeding Loop of Confusion...
02.08.12

Reader Mailbag: "Two words for delusional China bulls: PER CAPITA"
02.01.12

Go Long EUR/USD on the Latest IMF Announcement?
01.18.12

The Gold Chart Appears Parabolic to Me!
01.05.12

More Happy Juice for the Financial Economy - A Dangerous Game!
11.30.11

You Can't Spell 'DOWN' without 'DOW'
11.23.11

My Confidence Fairy is Better Than Your Confidence Fairy!
11.09.11

Copper: Stomach-Churning, to say the Least...
11.02.11

Aussie Premium Precariously Perched on the Edge of a Copper Caldron?
10.20.11

The Markets Get Data-Fied Today, But It Probably Won't Carry
10.14.11

Financial Times in Cahoots with the PPT? The S&P 500's Fate Depends Upon It...Sort Of!
10.05.11

This is the 21st Century, Which is Why We Should Bail Out Greece
09.21.11

But why, master?
09.15.11

Global Macro Says U.S. Might Win in the End After All...
09.07.11

Job, Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, Jobs and Keynesianism.
09.01.11

Gold. Dumb Money. Bubble?
08.24.11

A Vicious Cycle for Crude Oil
08.19.11

The Fed: Their Toolbox is Bigger Than Yours...
08.10.11

Charts of the Day: More QE3...please?
08.03.11

Look up Dysfunctional in the Dictionary and You'll See a Picture of China
07.27.11

Dismal Science is an Understatement: Why Irving Fischer had it Right All Along!
07.20.11

Silver is Not Quite as Precious as Gold or Jimmy Rogers' Bow-Tie
07.13.11

How Do You Say "Tick...Tick...Tick..." in Chinese?
07.06.11

If China Saves Europe, then Who Saves China?
06.29.11

The Safe Haven Metal? Just ask G. Gordon!
06.24.11

Gold: Safety versus Liquidity. Which side are you on?
06.15.11

There's Something Peculiar About Crude Oil...
06.08.11

Risk Off the Charts: China's Investment Dependence and Real Estate
06.01.11

Go Long - They're Talking Their Book at the OECD
05.25.11

Some Rationales For a Deeper Commodities Correction
05.18.11

Some rationales for a deeper commodities correction
05.11.11

Running for the Exits of Ephemeral Fundamental Expectations!
05.05.11

Commentary & Analysis: Ben "Machiavelli Sun-Tzu" Bernanke Holds the Power!
04.27.11

Hello, 00!
04.20.11

Financial vs. Real
04.13.11

No Worries: Fed is Responsible for Falling Commodity Prices
04.06.11

The Other Safe-Haven Currency
03.31.11

Is the Single Currency Straight Jacket Tightening?
03.23.11

Media-Induced Rubbernecking
03.18.11

Me and Jimmy
03.09.11

Don't worry, be happy... a little Stollen will make you feel better.
03.03.11

Yields Driving but Risk Rising...
02.23.11

What if Ben is right and the doom-and-gloom crowd is wrong?
02.16.11

Manufacturing a Recovery in the Developed World
02.02.11

Quotas? We don't need no stinking quotas...
01.27.11

US, China chatting in the own special way again...
01.14.11

Did Someone Say "Global Recovery"?
01.05.11

Fair? Life is Not Fair; So Never Say Never!
12.22.10

News. Comments. Chart Hodgepodge
12.15.10

Austerity Gets Pulled for a Relief Pitcher…Still, Yields Advance on a Wild Pitch
12.08.10

It is Beginning to Look a Lot Like Oz…
12.02.10

The Post-FOMC Minutes, Pre-Turkey Day, Data Dump
11.24.10

FX Trading – Risk sentiment: up and down and up and down…
11.17.10

Guest Access to Premier FX Trading Service
11.16.10

FX Trading – What if Ben is right?
11.10.10

FX Trading – A second guess
11.03.10

FX Trading – The List
10.28.10

FX Trading – I think I Kan. I think I Kan. I think…
10.21.10

FX Trading – What do we know and what do we think we know?
10.13.10

FX Trading – You Just Got Geithner’d
10.07.10

FX Trading – European Officials: “Oh please oh please oh please oh please…”
10.01.10

FX Trading – Are stocks telling us it’s time to get short?
09.23.10

FX Trading – Risk on or Risk Off? The gold versus Euro Correlation just blew out…
09.15.10

FX Trading – Gold is telling us something…as usual
09.08.10

FX Trading – Risk on: China leading PMI could be good thing for growth…
09.02.10

FX Trading – That's Nice
07.08.10

FX Trading – Bringing Down the Communist Party … and the US Current Account Deficit
07.01.10

Currency Currents Newsletter
06.28.10

FX Trading – Crying Wolf: The F-Word is Like a Prescription Drug
06.24.10

FX Trading – “You’re imbalanced!” “No, you’re imbalanced!”
06.17.10

FX Trading – US: Not-so-deficit-hungry anymore
06.10.10

FX Trading – A short opportunity in Australia dependent entirely upon others
06.03.10

FX Trading – Now Germany knows how we feel
05.27.10

FX Trading – “Forget Latvia,” I’m Told
05.20.10

FX Trading – Japan Snaps? China Crackles? Canada Pops?
05.13.10

FX Trading – The surprise is on the downside ... this time.
05.06.10

FX Trading – Arizona Boycotts the Peso
04.29.10

FX Trading – Fiscal Fears Mount
04.22.10

FX Trading – A new twist on The China Syndrome
04.15.10

FX Trading – Can you say “contagion” boys and girls?
04.08.10

FX Trading – Zoom-Zoom Growth
04.01.10

FX Trading – We’re Fine, but You May Want to do Something About…
03.25.10

FX Trading – When It Rains It Pours, in Euroland
03.18.10

FX Trading – Targeting the Canadian Dollar Today
03.11.10

FX Trading – A Full Opening Act ... to Keep Traders’ Blood Flowing
03.04.10

FX Trading – Ben, Meet John Maynard (You can call him Omniscient Mr. Keynes.)
02.25.10

FX Trading – Oh, That Nasty British Pound
02.18.10

FX Trading – Recovery: Best Get On With It Already
02.11.10

FX Trading –The Gold Club (or religion of gold)
02.04.10

FX Trading – The STATE of the DOLLAR
01.28.10

FX Trading – Too Much Fun for Just One Government
01.21.10

FX Trading – Can you say Drachma?
01.18.10

FX Trading – Growth and inflation? 10 Reasons the Dollar has Bottomed
01.12.10

FX Trading – Liquidity stuff at the margins again…hmmm
01.07.10

Euro – Want to be Short Long Term
01.04.10

 
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