Harvest blues
After the wash-out summer – where hardly a day seems to have passed without rain – harvest-watchers will be unsurprised to learn that wheat futures ... quality wheat. This is affecting some producers in the United States, but is also getting to be a major ... years, although even Devon farmers are complaining as their wheat starts to sprout in the fields [more...]
Date: 2008-08-21 15:33:42
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More Evidence: Speculators Don't Cause Volatility
Prices were outrageously volatile. While traders attributed the sharp market movements to supply and demand, ... it was before. Exhibit B: The same patterns exists for the second chart of wheat futures ... to convince lawmakers that the futures market for onions was not the cause of the volatility. “ [more...]
Date: 2008-07-08 19:36:56
Credit crunch crunching markets
If recent conversations with elevator managers and farmers are even slightly predictive, it’s gonna be a long, ... downtrend lines from Sept. 23’s action on futures price charts for corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton ... the harvest season peak for Dec. corn futures at $5.72 per [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 05:58:00
Stock Market Dictionary - K
KFifth letter of a Nasdaq stock symbol specifying the issue has no voting rights ... and options exchange for no. 2 red wheat futures and, options, Value Line Index futures and Mini Value Line ... and Financial Futures ExchangeKLSESee: Kuala Lumpur Stock ExchangeKMFThe ISO 4217 currency code [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 16:42:00
Joke about GM
A friend came up with this joke: General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner is on a plane and meets a classmate who’s become a preacher ... him what to do. He prayed and found a verse that talked about bread, so his church invested in wheat futures and made [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 06:10:54
Not Even a Hill of Beans As Crisis Weighs on Commodities
Agro commodities slump Corn, wheat, pork, soybeans, ethanol and cattle futures all ended lower Thursday while rice prices edged up slightly, according to the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) Newsletter published with Dow Jones. Jitters over ... to commodity hedging. Ethanol contracts for December fell 3.3 cents to $2.125 per gallon, and CBOT [more...]
Date: 2008-09-18 13:12:00
Ah November …
Somehow, some way, 700 became the number the month of October revolved around. The stage was set Sept ... lows, new crop corn, soybean and wheat futures have, respectively, lost 53, 46 and 43 percent ... high of $16.10 for November futures and Oct. 24’s low of $8.63. Much of mid-October’s corn [more...]
Date: 2008-11-06 05:00:36
12-15-08 AgriCharts Closing Comments…
Posted by brianallmerradionetwork on December 15, 2008 AgriCharts Market Commentary (www.agricharts.com) ... T corn futures higher. Private firms are estimating several million acres swing away from corn. US ... er in the front month. Wheat futures were boosted by higher CBOT corn and a weaker dollar. De [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 21:56:02
12-15-08 AgriCharts Midday Ag Market Commentary
Posted by brianallmerradionetwork on December 15, 2008 AgriCharts Market Commentary (www.agricharts.com) ... 4 at 8.58 Jan Meal +.80 at 258.50 Jan BO +.28 at 31.20. Wheat Wheat futures are follow CBOT corn a [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 17:58:31
01-05-09 KCBT Not Implementing Seasonal Storage Rates
Kansas City–January 5, 2009–The Kansas City Board of Trade has received numerous calls asking whether the exchange intends to implement seasonal ... per bushel per month. The Kansas City Board of Trade, founded in 1856, is the world’s largest futures market for hard red winter wheat. Daily quotes, market commentary, historical data and charting [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 21:36:07
4 Links I liked:
4 Links I liked: Posted November 7th, 2008 by itrade4real Financial bonds business commodities corn dollar ETF finance futures gold loss markets Money profit risk stock trading treasury Wheat Read the full article: http://www.itrade4real.com/2008/11/links-i-liked.html10vote Our catalyst today is the payroll data at 8:30 am. Not much [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 13:46:45
Potash Pricing Quietly Holding Up, But Commentary Has Vanished (POT)
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (POT) has seen a lot of its commentary drop along with its stock price ... Index. Grain futures have also fallen dramatically from their summer peaks, with corn, wheat, and soybeans all down 40% or more. But recent weeks have seen short month futures stabilize (especially [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 20:59:11
Commodities
Agriculture futures finished mixed Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for September delivery rose 28.5 cents to end at $7.9375; December corn dipped 1.25 cents to close at $5.17; December [more...]
Date: 2008-08-12 05:00:00
Interesting articles you might have missed during the week
The pace of change for the world has accelerated. Perhaps a glance at these stories can help keep your Orientation current! ... to the Caribbean. Futures contracts on the Chicago Board of Trade show {the price of} wheat ... harvests and worsen a food crisis for developing countries. Global production of wheat, the most [more...]
Date: 2008-11-01 12:00:27
Commodities
Chicago markets Agriculture futures traded mixed Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for December delivery fell 28.75 cents to $8.2575; December corn added 2 cents to $5.96; December oats [more...]
Date: 2008-08-28 05:00:00
Commodity Boom Turns Bust in 2008 as Worldwide Economy Crumbles
By Pham-Duy Nguyen Jan. 1 (Bloomberg) — Commodity prices in 2008 plunged the most in five decades as demand for energy, ... , the slumping economy drove crude oil, gasoline, copper, corn, and wheat down from records in the first ... commodities to post gains. Gasoline futures declined to $1.0082 a gallon last year on the New York [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 18:57:26
Commodities
Agriculture futures traded mostly lower Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for September delivery rose 8 cents to $7.7475 a bushel; December corn fell 7 cents to $5.6225; December oats [more...]
Date: 2008-09-04 05:00:00
Commodities
Agriculture futures traded mostly higher Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for September delivery rose 29.5 cents to $8.7475; December corn gained 10.5 cents to $5.95; November soybeans [more...]
Date: 2008-08-21 05:00:00
Commodities
Agriculture futures traded lower Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for July delivery fell 23 cents to $8.81; July corn lost 18.5 cents to $7.2775; July oats dropped 14 cents to $4.13 [more...]
Date: 2008-06-20 05:00:00
Recession adds uncertainty to 2009 farmland leases
No business partnership seems unaffected by the recession, including one of agriculture’s most common, said Craig Dobbins, ... . “In September if you used the futures market to give you an idea of what prices might ... , soybeans and wheat had dropped that margin to about $200 an acre.” Prices are still falling, lowering [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 13:19:08
Commodities
Agriculture futures traded mostly higher Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for September delivery rose 4.5 cents to $7.8775; December corn rose 1.5 cents to $5.92; December oats rose 4.5 [more...]
Date: 2008-07-25 05:00:00
Commodities
Agriculture futures traded mostly lower Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for July delivery rose 1.25 cents to $8.2325; July corn fell 23.75 cents to $6.9275; July oats declined 8 cents [more...]
Date: 2008-07-09 05:00:00
Commodities
Agriculture futures traded mostly higher Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for July delivery rose 5.75 cents to $9.04; July corn added 4 cents to $7.4625; July oats rose 3 cents to $4.27 [more...]
Date: 2008-06-19 05:00:00
Are Any Grains Worth Buying at These Prices?
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ... in 07-08 was really a speculative phenomena. Traders started piling into cotton futures contracts ... , as the market was not able to sustain a rally. But it's coming. Wheat also may be worth a look here [more...]
Date: 2008-11-23 19:08:00
After the G-8: It’s Every ‘Man’ for Himself
... Brzail - Estadao - Original Article (Portuguese) Based on the evolution of the futures markets, oil ... interval. Some recent price quotes and forecasts have already influenced the trade in wheat [more...]
Date: 2008-07-13 18:32:53
Flawed system
11 November, 2008 General News/Issues Source TheStar Tuesday November 11, ... trading on the world stock exchanges. These commodities are traded in the futures markets where ... changes. Hedge funds and other speculative investment funds control about 60% of the wheat traded [more...]
Date: 2008-11-11 05:15:24
U.S Market Update
- Equity markets have begun the week in positive territory, helped by declining commodity prices. Oil futures have shed about $4/bbl and gold has fallen this morning as the dollar has firmed ... % in Chicago led by Wheat while August natural gas is off close to 5% despite the formulation [more...]
Date: 2008-07-07 15:35:29
Flawed system
Stories by HILARY CHIEW Activists are calling for a re-examination of the capitalist system to overcome the social and economic ills of the world ... are traded in the futures markets where investors do not buy or sell a physical commodity like rice or crude ... about 60% of the wheat traded on the global commodity markets. So lucrative is this business [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 23:15:00
A Critical Day For Commodities - A Look At Wheat, Aluminum, & Copper
A Critical Day For Commodities - A Look At Wheat, Aluminum, & Copper Posted December 5th, 2008 by Epiphany Investing Basic Materials Alcoa aluminum charts copper Freeport front month futures market mosaic Potash Corp technical analysis Read the full article: http [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 21:15:04
UPDATE 1-Shikoku Elec shuts 450-mw oil-fired unit after fire
Japanese utility Shikoku Electric Power Co said on Monday it shut its 450-megawatt No ... lifts ban on export of wheat seeds September 9, 2008 — CURRENCY TRADING SUMMARY – 9th September 2008 ... on U.S. taxes- WSJ December 3, 2008 — S.Korea’s T-bond futures jump on official remark [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 07:21:12
Does ‘Rachel’ have Oscar legs?
One advantage of the hectic festival environment is that, while seeing more movies in a month than is medically advisable, it offers a pretty ruthless method of separating the wheat from the chaff. If a film still sticks ... my attention yesterday which suggested I might not be alone. In their always-interesting Oscar Futures chart [more...]
Date: 2008-11-01 16:00:39
The Economy's Silver Lining(s)
Every single day we hear about new reasons to be sour on the market ... economic futures for all. In the gloom of a dire economic forecast, are there two reasons to be hopeful ... . Beyond this, most other commodites grain, wheat, corn, etc. have also plummetted. This causes everyone's [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 15:46:10
Food Prices Will Rise, Causing Export Bans, Riots: Chart of Day
By Mark Gilbert Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) — Food prices will rise next year, ... physical stockpiling and futures contracts, new food unrest is even conceivable in the second half ... compiled by UBS AG and Bloomberg that tracks at least 13 foodstuffs, including wheat, soybeans, sugar [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 02:11:33
The Top 10 Biofuels Stories of the Year: #6, Commodity prices
Palm, corn, wheat, ethanol, oil, and soybeans went on their biggest Coney Island rollercoaster ride ever this year, with corn rising as high last summer as $7.85 in the futures markets before falling to $3.50 late ... , had just two biodiesel plants operating in the country. Corn, soybean futures rise sharply on weak [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 12:59:02
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