by Brian Schad | Jun 14, 2016 | Hog Fututres, Livestock Futures
Hog futures have extended their recent gains today on news of decreased Chinese pork output. Hog futures are up $2.17 today currently trading at $90.00 per cwt at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Farmers in China reportedly decided to cull their herds thereby...
by Brian Schad | Jun 10, 2016 | Agricultural Commodity Futures, Alternative Investment, Commodity Futures Trading, Global Markets, Hard-Asset Investments
Once each week, usually on Friday evenings, we update our personal weekly commodity trading charts and review them for changes in “net long” or, “net short” holdings between the big commercial commodity traders, large speculators, and the usually uninformed public....
by Brian Schad | Jun 9, 2016 | Agricultural Futures Trading, Agricultural Markets, Sugar Futures
Sugar futures extended their gains only slightly today but one bank warns of heavy fund activity making sugar vulnerable to a sell-off. Sugar futures are up 5 points today currently trading at .1966 per pound at the New York Intercontinental Exchange. Even with...
by Brian Schad | Jun 8, 2016 | Agricultural Futures Trading, Agricultural Markets, Coffee Futures
Coffee futures are reacting to news from SE Asia that Vietnam’s coffee harvest is expected to decline to a four-year low amid reoccurring dryness which threatens a further downgrade to overall production. Coffee futures are up just over .07 cents today currently...
by Brian Schad | Jun 7, 2016 | Energy Futures, Gasoline Futures
Gasoline futures are down two weeks in a row after six-month highs were made just poor to Memorial Day weekend because of record usage and the lowest pump prices in a decade. Gasoline futures are down nearly .03c from last week currently trading at $1.5862 at the New...
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