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By Austin Kiddle |
April 12, 2013
Bears of gold are battling with the bulls, with the bears excited by the shorter-term factors such as the U.S. economic improvement, and the bulls encouraged by the longer-term hedging demand by the global central banks.
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By Brendan Murray and Scott Lanman, Bloomberg |
April 5, 2013
After watching Ben S. Bernanke take unprecedented steps for four years to rebound from the worst recession since the Great Depression, the Bank of Japan is signaling that the Federal Reserve’s full-throttle approach to stimulus is the way to end 15 years of deflation.
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By Mike Cohen and Ilya Arkhipov, Bloomberg |
March 26, 2013
The biggest emerging markets are uniting to tackle under-development and currency volatility with plans to set up institutions that encroach on the roles of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
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By Luzi Ann Javier and Supunnabul Suwannakij, Bloomberg |
March 5, 2013
Farmers are preparing to plant a record rice crop that will boost inventories held by the world’s biggest exporters to the highest ever.
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By Jack Scoville |
February 8, 2013
Cocoa closed higher on forecasts for stressful weather for developing crops in West Africa. Hot and dry winds now could hurt the mid-crop production.
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By Jack Scoville |
February 7, 2013
Many cotton traders are worried about a bearish surprise as prices have gotten much stronger in the last week. Bears point to increasing certified stocks levels for reasons to be bearish.
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By Jack Scoville |
February 6, 2013
Orange juice closed higher on speculative buying in preparation for the USDA reports at the end of the week. Ideas are that USDA can show smaller crops in its reports this week.
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By Jack Scoville |
February 5, 2013
Cotton was lower on ideas that the higher current prices have hurt demand and encourage U.S. farmers to sell. Bears point to increasing certified stocks levels for reasons to be bearish.
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By Jack Scoville |
February 4, 2013
Sugar closed higher again on ideas that demand is increasing. Most traders still note that big supplies appear to be available to the market, but Brazil said it will increase the ethanol in its gasoline blends in May.
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By Jack Scoville |
February 1, 2013
Cocoa closed higher on what was called speculative short covering. There were also reports of end user demand as prices have gotten very cheap lately.
