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Commodities tumble to four-month low as crude, gold lead losses

By Joe Richter and Moming Zhou, Bloomberg | November 1, 2013

Commodities dropped to a four-month low, paced by declines in crude oil and gold, on signs of climbing supplies of raw materials at a time when the prospect of reduced Federal Reserve stimulus may cut demand.

Computerized technical analysis: History lessons

By Murray A. Ruggiero Jr. | October 1, 2013

Technology hasn’t simply changed how we view the markets, it has reinvented it. Where will we go from here? That depends on how well we learn from the past.

ADM wins GrainCorp board approval for $2.3 billion takeover

By Elisabeth Behrmann and Phoebe Sedgman | April 26, 2013

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co., the world’s largest corn processor, won agreement to acquire GrainCorp Ltd. for $2.3 billion after raising its offer with a special dividend for shareholders of the Australian crop handler.

Fanning profits with W.D. Gann

By Kent Kofoed | November 27, 2012

We discuss the proper application of the Gann fan to understand how, and why, it is formed.

World corn crop to fall as Grains Council reverses forecast

By Rudy Ruitenberg, Bloomberg | July 26, 2012

World corn production will fall 0.7 percent after crop conditions deteriorated in the U.S., the International Grains Council forecast, reversing its outlook for the harvest to climb to a record.