Shutdown

What does a government shutdown mean for the US markets

By Hussein Sayed | August 24, 2017

After stocks and the dollar surged on Tuesday, following a Politico report that Trump’s team have taken a significant step on tax reforms, the President’s threats on Tuesday night to shut down the government and terminate the NAFTA agreement, were not well received by investors, who responded by dragging both equities and the dollar lower.

Tops & Bottoms of 2013

By Michael McFarlin, Dan Collins | February 1, 2014

2013 was a year of anticipation and perhaps disappointment. For those hoping the 2012 election would have settled some of the dysfunction in Washington, that did not happen. In fact, we doubled down on fights already settled as if there were no new business. Equity markets impressed, but few saw it as anything other than the hand of the Fed. Mercifully, the Fed signaled the beginning of the end of QE3 by year-end.

Robust soybean demand to be met by equally robust crops

By Sholom Sanik | November 15, 2013

The long awaited, post-shutdown USDA crop report was released on Nov. 8. And while the report did not contain any big surprises, the market behaved as though it did. Soybeans and soybean meal both rallied sharply back to the highs of their recent ranges.

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