by Brian Schad | Aug 19, 2014 | Cattle Futures, Livestock Futures
In America’s heartland, there are developments signaling a changing situation with US beef supplies as the grazing pastures turn greener. The recent rains may be attributed to turning the cattle futures markets into full retreat – but only time will tell....
by Brian Schad | Aug 15, 2014 | Agricultural Futures, Agricultural Futures Trading, Alternative Investment, Commodity Futures Trading, Global Markets
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 | Aug 14, 2014 | Agricultural Commodity Futures, Alternative Investment, Commodity Futures Markets, Global Markets
Effectively erasing most of this year’s gains, commodity futures markets (as a whole) have fallen to a six-month low with energy & grains declining on signs of ample supplies and a slow-down in China – the world leader in consuming energy and industrial...
by Brian Schad | Aug 13, 2014 | Agricultural Commodity Futures, Agricultural Futures, Agricultural Futures Trading, Agricultural Markets, Grain Markets, Wheat Futures
Wheat futures initially rallied in early morning trade once the USDA revised its outlook for domestic exports of wheat and global demand – effectively negating the increased production realization in yesterday’s report. Wheat futures have since reversed...
by Brian Schad | Aug 12, 2014 | Agricultural Commodity Futures, Agricultural Futures, Agricultural Futures Trading, Agricultural Markets, Soybean Futures
Soybean futures initially fell following today’s USDA Crop Production report, to the lowest soybean prices since 2010 once the report indicated supplies will be bigger than forecast here domestically. Soybean futures are mid-range (down .14c) as of this writing. It is...
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