U.S. to buy domestic sugar to ease glut after prices plunged
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to spend about $38 million to buy domestic sugar in a bid to ease a glut that sent prices plunging this month to a four- year low.
Market relationships offer insight into recent turns
This is a market of relationships. The more we understand those relationships, the better we are prepared for the unknown.
Abe-Bernanke one-two punch crushes carry trade
Mexico’s peso is losing its status as the best carry-trade currency for Japanese investors as the Bank of Japan signals reluctance to boost stimulus while the Federal Reserve weighs curbing its asset purchases.
Sushi aid in $1 trillion agriculture bill angers watchdogs
Tucked deep in the 1,198-page U.S. House agriculture policy legislation is an initiative to guarantee prices for sushi rice. So too is insurance for alfalfa and a marketing plan for Christmas trees.