Sholom Sanik

About the Author
Sholom Sanik is an analyst with Friedberg Mercantile Group Ltd. He can be reached at ssanik@friedberg.ca

Copper bear is prowling

Sholom Sanik
June 18, 2014
Recent events may threaten the longevity of the insatiable buying spree we’ve seen over the past year.

Cocoa: Is this bull for real?

Sholom Sanik
June 9, 2014
Cocoa prices are trading at three-year highs, being driven by forecasts for a 2013-14 global deficit.

Was the May USDA crop report that bearish?

Sholom Sanik
May 29, 2014
Corn report: The USDA’s exuberance could be a tad premature.

Deep into corn

Sholom Sanik
April 8, 2014
Less acreage plus more demand equals higher corn prices.

Sweet on sugar?

Sholom Sanik
March 6, 2014
Sugar prices have rallied by close to 20% off their late-January lows. Yet a glance at the weekly chart shows a mere blip in a long bear market

Is the corn market still in the grips of the bear?

Sholom Sanik
January 14, 2014
The revisions found in the Jan. 10 USDA reports for corn may have altered the bearish landscape for this market.

Chinese copper imports go it alone

Sholom Sanik
January 10, 2014
Chinese copper imports for November were slightly higher than the previous month, but were up 31% year-over-year. That news sparked a rally to levels not seen since this past May.

Chinese copper imports go it alone

Sholom Sanik
January 10, 2014
Chinese copper imports for November were slightly higher than the previous month, but were up 31% year-over-year. That news sparked a rally to levels not seen since this past May.

Has the cocoa bull had it after crop surprise?

Sholom Sanik
January 2, 2014
Ivorian port cocoa arrivals have been very strong. Since the main crop harvest began in October, 868,000 tonnes of cocoa beans have been delivered. That compares with just over 600,000 tonnes at this juncture of the marketing year over the past few seasons.

Cotton finds open door to imports in China despite massive inventories

Sholom Sanik
December 19, 2013
The recent rally in cotton prices has some rationale. There were several bullish developments, two of which involve China. On the supply side, early frost and snow in key growing regions lowered yields.