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Jared Cummans: The agriculture sector has long been a popular place for commodity trading. After all, it was with agricultural futures that commodity trading got its start. Farmers had originally used these contracts to help offset any losses in crop yields. Now, the agricultural space has blossomed into a Read more…
Sara Nunnally: Farm life for me isn’t the same as farm life for actual farmers. I’m working on a small garden… But for me, it’s about having all my animals together — dogs, horses, cats — on a peaceful plot of land here in the Midwest. Read more…
I’ll never forget my first visit as a teenager to the commodity-trading pit of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). The swirling bright colored jackets, the shouting and rapid hand signals (looked like arm wrestling to me) were captivating and reminded me of past family gatherings. It was also Read more…
JJG, JJM, JJN, JJT, JJU, JO, LD, NYSE:BAL, NYSE:CORN, NYSE:COW, NYSE:CUT, NYSE:DBA, NYSE:GAZ, OIL, PALL, SGG, SLV
Kevin Grewal: Supply shocks over the past two years in wheat and corn continue to take their toll on food prices, which will likely provide positive price support to the iPath Dow Jones-UBS Agriculture Subindex Total Return ETN (NYSE:JJA), iPath Dow Jones-UBS Grains Subindex Total Return ETN Read more…
Jack Barnes: If you follow the commodity markets, you know that weather can have a dramatic effect on your investments. A flood, drought, hurricane, tornado, or even something as simple as the changing of the seasons can be a game changer. Read more…
David Fry: Our goal in this profile is to help investors wade through the many competing ETF offerings available. Using our long experience as an ETF publication, and nearly 40 years in the investment business, we can help select those ETFs that matter and may or may not be repetitive. Read more…
Stocks ended the session essentially flat on a modest decrease in volume. With the exception of the Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ), the major indices also ended the session flat. The technology laden index closed lower by 0.4% under the weight of heavy selling in the networking sector among others. Read more…
Tim Seymour: We need to see whether today’s strength in wheat prices can hold, but one thing we know is that the fertilizers are getting tons of good press. Read more…
Sara Nunnally: Apologies for the short article today, folks. I’m feeling a bit under the weather, but I promised you more info on two commodity investments — the PowerShares DB Agriculture ETF (NYSE:DBA) and the iPath Dow Jones UBS Grains ETN (NYSE:JJG). Read more…
I have to issue a major correction from last Thursday’s Smart Investing Daily article. In it, I said that the PowerShares DB Agriculture ETF (NYSE:DBA) was mostly made up of coffee futures. This is not the case. Read more…
Kevin Kerr: For a very long time in America we’ve enjoyed a seemingly endless, cheap, and abundant variety of foods from all over the globe. Read more…
Stocks surged higher on Tuesday as volume increased. All five major indices closed in the black as the tech rich Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) led the advance by posting a 2.2% gain. The small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) and the S&P MidCap 400 improved by 2.0% and 1.9% respectively. The S&P 500 Read more…
Scott Pluschau: Let’s take another look at the weekly chart of the iPath DJ-UBS Grains TR Sub-Idx ETN (NYSE:JJG). In late 2009 through middle of 2010, JJG formed a triangle that resembled more of a bullish rising wedge pattern that I marked with blue trend lines now looking back at it again Read more…
Sara Nunnally: The financial markets had a horrible day yesterday. There’s no way of sugarcoating it. The Dow closed below 11,900 and both the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 ended about 1.75% lower. Read more…
In trading on Thursday, the Russell 2000 High Beta ETF (NYSE:SHBT) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 7.74% on the day. Also up on the day are the 
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