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By John L. Caiazzo |
April 7, 2013
The market's expectations for key report data don't always align with those data themselves. Here's how to respond.
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By Sholom Sanik |
April 5, 2013
The USDA reported March 1 corn stocks at 5.398 billion bushels, close to 400 million bushels above the average of analysts’ guesstimates. That was a huge miss.
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By Jack Scoville |
April 5, 2013
Cocoa closed a little lower on what was called speculative selling. Charts show that the market may have failed against some important resistance áreas. The flow of Cocoa from western Africa is falling and traders are taking note.
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By Jack Scoville |
April 4, 2013
Sugar closed mostly lower again on ideas of big production, mostly from Brazil. Ideas of weak demand and big supplies keep traders negative to prices.
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By Jack Scoville |
April 3, 2013
Coffee was lower across the board as traders anticipated increased offers from Brazil. The new Brazilian harvest is just a couple of months away, and traders expect big offers to develop on rallies.
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By Jack Scoville |
April 2, 2013
Orange juice closed a little lower on ideas that most of the crop losses had been factored into prices already. Prices acted weak and it does seem as if the market has priced in crop losses for now.
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By Allendale Inc. |
April 2, 2013
Last week's surprise supply figures continue to drive grain prices lower, while traders look ahead to weather factors that could come into play.
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By John Caiazzo |
April 1, 2013
The threat of war emanating from the North Koreans is of grave concern to the public as well as the marketplace. Whether or not the young leader of the North “means what he says” remains to be seen.
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By Gary Kamen |
April 1, 2013
This past Thursday’s USDA plantings and grain stocks reports did a number on grains. The reports showed domestic corn supplies (old crop) higher than expected, and corn plantings this year if recognized will be the highest since 1936.
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By Anthony Lazzara |
April 1, 2013
The Institute for Supply Management’s factory index fell to 51.3 in March from 54.2 a month earlier, thus providing an easy reason for the U.S. stocks to sell off this Monday morning, with the JUN13 E-mini S&P 500 coming off 2013 highs.
