by Brian Schad | Jul 24, 2014 | Cotton Futures
Cotton futures have tanked since the news reported India’s biggest cotton trader stated his nation’s cotton production is set to reach an all-time high. India’s farmers evidentially are switching from soybeans & peanuts to cotton with the delays in monsoon rains....
by Brian Schad | Jul 23, 2014 | Corn Futures, Grain Markets
Corn futures appear to be stalling near four-year lows on the outlook of favorable weather here in the US. The US is the biggest corn exporter in the world, and it appears the global corn supply will be rising. In the past 12 months, corn futures have fallen 24%...
by Brian Schad | Jul 22, 2014 | Feeder Cattle Futures, Livestock Futures
Cattle futures are signaling high beef prices to continue as the futures markets surge to new records. Feeder cattle is “limit-up” and live cattle futures are .37 cents from limit-up on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as of this writing. With the US...
by Brian Schad | Jul 18, 2014 | Agricultural Futures, 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...
by Brian Schad | Jul 17, 2014 | Grain Markets, Wheat Futures
Wheat futures spiked higher today when it was learned a civilian airliner was shot down in Ukraine near the Russian boarder. The countries of Russia & Ukraine are considerable supplier of world wheat and any disruption from those country’s will affect wheat...
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