Carla M. Bauch

Large yields calling the shots

By Carla M. Bauch | July 5, 2006

In a year that has forced the U.S. Senate to introduce a bill to offer federal payments to U.S. farmers hit by the drought, high gasoline prices and hurricane damage, you wouldn’t think we would be

Finding the hot markets of 2006

By Carla M. Bauch | June 30, 2006

Probably not much to your surprise, the energy sector seems to receive the most fanfare when it comes to hot markets for 2006. Forecasts for crude to reach $67 per barrel by March are easy to find

2006 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

By Carla M. Bauch | July 5, 2006

If momentum serves as a predictor for what 2006 has in store for the economy, the forecast is rather rosy. “Broadly stated, 2005 was a good one,” says Carl Tannenbaum, chief economist for LaSalle

What will move grains in 2007?

By Carla M. Bauch | October 18, 2006

Name the grain; corn, soybeans, and even wheat, and analysts and traders can rarely provide an outlook without discussing energy demand. Traders joke that if they had a dollar for every time they

Hot markets for 2007

By Carla M. Bauch | November 15, 2006

Long term commodity bulls may have another reason to cheer. But this time many analysts point specifically to grains to lead the way in 2007. Some are predicting that in the next two to three years,

An uncertain future for equities

By Carla M. Bauch | June 29, 2006

Traders and analysts’ forecasts run the gamut for the remainder of 2006, but they agree on a few common themes: Active traders will fair better than the individual investor, technicals appear more

All that glitters isn’t just gold

By Carla M. Bauch | June 26, 2006

Take a growing world economy, supply-side problems and under priced commodities, put them together and you end up with metals, precious and base, hitting their highest prices in years. Silver, which

Not your normal grain market

By Carla M. Bauch | June 23, 2006

Supply and demand still reign as top issues for grain traders, but the factors within this equation are changing with the times. Take for instance corn. Sure, traders still look at the number of corn

Is there a chill in the air?

By Carla M. Bauch | June 19, 2006

Most analysts agree the red hot growth of the U.S. economy witnessed in the first half of the year is cooling off; housing and manufacturing reports back this up. For instance, in early June U.S.

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