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By Jack Scoville |
January 18, 2013
Cocoa closed higher on what appeared to be speculative buying tied to a trend change to higher on the charts. The North American grind data was released after the close and should help to support prices today.
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By Jack Scoville |
January 16, 2013
Cotton was a little higher on news that the Chinese government auction of its cotton stocks went poorly. Buyers there were not interested due to poor quality and relatively high prices.
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By Wes Goodman and Daniel Kruger, Bloomberg |
January 14, 2013
Shinzo Abe is set to become the best friend of investors in Treasuries as Japan’s prime minister buys U.S. government bonds to weaken the yen and boost his nation’s slowing economy.
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By Saeromi Shin and Lyubov Pronina, Bloomberg |
December 28, 2012
Emerging-market stocks rose for a fifth day on speculation China will take steps to boost domestic consumption
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By Alanna Byrne |
December 5, 2012
Newly released reports show U.S. payroll and manufacturing data down, while the Chinese government gave investors some good news in overnight announcements
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By Dominick Chirichella |
December 5, 2012
With geopolitics less of an issue or price driver than it was the last few weeks the main oil price drivers are likely to be any and all macroeconomic data on the global economy with oil fundamentals a close second.
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By Austin Kiddle |
September 28, 2012
While the gold spot price looks likely to rise about 11% in Q3 to about $1,777, it is still about 7.5% lower than the recent peak reached on Sept. 6, 2011.
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By Austin Kiddle |
September 14, 2012
The Fed did not disappoint the market and launched the widely-anticipated QE3. Gold futures jumped 1.81% this week after surging 3.13% last week and briefly exceeded $1,770 on Thursday.
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By Phil Flynn |
September 4, 2012
Of the 11 Gulf Coast refineries affected by Isaac-related flooding and power outages, one has returned to normal operation and nine others are restarting or operating at reduced rates.
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By Press Release |
August 7, 2012
The SEC charged Pfizer Inc. with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) when its subsidiaries bribed doctors and other health care professionals employed by foreign governments to win business.
