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By Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg |
February 4, 2013
Cattle futures rose for the first time in a week after a government report showed the size of the U.S. herd fell to 61-year low, signaling tightening beef supplies. Hog prices dropped.
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By Tony C. Dreibus, Bloomberg |
January 21, 2013
Hedge funds raised bullish commodity positions by the most since November as a jump in U.S. housing starts and the first acceleration in Chinese growth since 2010 drove prices to a three-month high.
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By Tony C. Dreibus, Bloomberg |
January 11, 2013
Wheat futures rose the most since November after the U.S. Department of Agriculture said stockpiles will be lower than analysts expected and that less winter grain was planted than forecast.
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By Phil Flynn |
January 11, 2013
Get ready for a new dynamic in today’s energy trade. In a major shift, the USDA, the NASS and WAOB will begin issuing its major USDA statistical reports at 11:00am CST. For ethanol and corn traders, this is the most notorious report of the year!
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By Jeff Wilson, Bloomberg |
January 10, 2013
U.S. corn supplies, the world’s biggest, are dropping at the fastest pace in 17 years as drought damage exceeds government forecasts and five months of declining prices spur demand from livestock producers.
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By Tony C. Dreibus, Bloomberg |
January 3, 2013
The worst U.S. drought since the 1930s Dust Bowl is damaging wheat crops across the world’s biggest supplier, at a time when managed funds are the most bearish on prices in seven months.
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By Michael McFarlin |
December 28, 2012
With 2013 upon us, we asked analysts to look ahead and discern which markets they saw as having potential to outperform in the New Year.
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By Rudy Ruitenberg and Chanyaporn Chanjaroen, Bloomberg |
December 27, 2012
Wheat futures declined to the lowest since July, extending a three-week decline after a storm brought snow cover in the U.S. Plains for next year’s crop and as import demand slowed.
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By Philip McBride Johnson |
December 26, 2012
In both the securities and derivatives worlds, new rivals have emerged to offer comparable services for similar transactions. Here we question whether exchange mergers can stem the gains made by those alternatives.
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By Jeff Wilson, Bloomberg |
December 19, 2012
Corn futures tumbled to a five-month low after the government said production of ethanol fell and inventories rose last week.
