by Brian Schad | Dec 9, 2014 | Cattle Futures, Livestock Futures
Cattle futures have paused at recent highs from early October as news of the US domestic herd is updated – and it’s not looking good. Exports of beef to the US is reportedly jumping 35% for the 2014-2015 fiscal year to amounts not seen since 2004-2005 (according...
by Brian Schad | Dec 5, 2014 | Agricultural Commodity Futures, Agricultural Futures Trading, 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 | Dec 4, 2014 | Grain Futures, Grain Markets, Wheat Futures
Wheat futures have been set-back since Tuesday after a spectacular run-up over the Thanksgiving holiday period. Just today, wheat futures have extended their lows after Canada’s statistics office upped its forecast for their wheat production when it was learned...
by Brian Schad | Dec 3, 2014 | Sugar Futures
Sugar futures have extended their lows, yet again, to prices not seen in years as demand for the sweet-stuff reportedly remains subdued. Sugar futures ended the day down 14 points at $0.1510 per pound on the ICE Exchange. Sugar futures, as well as crude oil futures,...
by Brian Schad | Dec 2, 2014 | Cattle Futures, Feeder Cattle Futures, Livestock Futures
Feeder cattle futures spiked higher this morning after a “limit-up” session yesterday most likely on the Canadian beef scare. The ag-company Cargill has recalled all ground-beef products sold in Wal-Mart stores (under the brand name “Your Fresh Market”) from British...
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