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  How far will sugar crash?

  By Gary Kamen  |  May 21, 2013

  Sugar prices are in a free fall now at prices we have not seen since July 2010. A major reason for last week’s drop was that it was reported the output nearly tripled in April at the main growing area of Brazil.

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  U.S. 30-year bonds: Confusion breeds opportunity

  By Sholom Sanik  |  May 20, 2013

  The month of May started out on a strong economic footing, and the Treasury market began what would be a multi-week selloff. On May 15, the first of the bad headlines hit the wires. Now what for U.S. 30-year bonds?

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  Is live cattle getting in a bullish posture?

  By Gary Kamen  |  May 14, 2013

  Last week’s WASDE showed live cattle as short-term bearish, but longer-term bullish. And what do you know, look what “big money” is now doing in Live Cattle.

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  Gross says bull market in bonds likely ended April 29

  By Paul Cox, Bloomberg  |  May 10, 2013

  Pacific Investment Management Co.’s Bill Gross wrote in a message on Twitter that the 30-year bull market for bonds “likely ended” on April 29.

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  The rise and fall of the S&P 500

  By Gary Kamen  |  May 6, 2013

  Last week the S&P 500 was all about jobs, jobs and jobs. On Wednesday ADP released their numbers for April at 119,000, below expectations and dropping the S&P 15 points.

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  Ford-Chrysler U.S. sales increases build on market share gains

  By Craig Trudell, Bloomberg  |  May 1, 2013

  Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Group LLC reported U.S. sales increases for April, building on the first sweep of market share gains by all three domestic automakers in the first quarter of any year in two decades.

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  Twitter attack prompts CFTC to speed automated trading rule

  By Silla Brush  |  April 30, 2013

  The CFTC says it will publish ideas for boosting oversight of automated and high-frequency trading after the Associated Press Twitter feed was hacked.

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  Corn’s late plantings has bulls taking control, but for how long?

  By Gary Kamen  |  April 30, 2013

  Last year corn plantings were some of the earliest. The U.S. had one of its best corn planting season on record last year. This year we are seeing the opposite with cold rainy temperatures.

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  Improving job market helping sustain U.S. sentiment: economy

  By Alex Kowalski  |  April 25, 2013

  Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits fell to a six-week low, a sign the labor market is improving after a setback last month.

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  Euro-yen rate shows Draghi lament as Gross says sell

  By Emma Charlton and Lukanyo Mnyanda, Bloomberg  |  April 24, 2013

  The euro’s 25% jump against the yen over the past six months underscores the rising pressure on European Central Bank President Mario Draghi to cut interest rates as the region’s exporters lose out to Japan.