by Brian Schad | Jun 25, 2014 | Soybean Futures
Soybean futures halted their current slide on the outlook of excessive rains possibly reducing acreage as domestic inventories decline. The US is the world’s leading grower of soybeans and soybean futures the most volatile grain hosted on the Chicago Board of Trade. A...
by Brian Schad | Jun 24, 2014 | Grain Complex, Grain Futures, Grain Markets
Grain futures continue to being set-back across the board early this week as reports of agricultural crops being in good shape across the nation come in. Soybean futures are headed for their largest loss in four weeks, corn futures finding their biggest drop since...
by Brian Schad | Jun 20, 2014 | Agricultural Futures, Alternative Investment, Commodity Futures Markets, 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 | Jun 19, 2014 | Grain Markets, Wheat Futures
Wheat futures have rallied for two days in a row on the outlook rain in the central Great Plains area of Oklahoma to Kansas may “delay harvesting” and ultimately crop quality to lessen. The United States is the world’s biggest exporter of wheat and wheat...
by Brian Schad | Jun 18, 2014 | Gold Futures, Precious Metals Trading
Gold futures are virtually at a standstill ahead of today’s conclusion of a two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting which is intended more for monetary and interest-rate policy (than gold itself). Gold futures price swings are said to have slumped to their...
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