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Michael Snyder: This week has provided two very clear examples of why it is so important to keep on preparing. In the United States, the historic drought ravaging the central part of the country is absolutely devastating our crops. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Read more…
Martin Arnold, senior analyst at ETF Securities, explains why money is heading into commodity exchange-traded funds (ETFs), specifically Read more…
Jared Cummans: It is no secret that grain prices have been soaring as a number of savvy commodity investors have been cashing in on the latest trend to take the world Read more…
Jonathan Yates: The exchange-traded funds for corn, Teucrium Corn (NYSEARCA:CORN), and soybeans, Tecucrium Soybean (NYSEARCA:SOYB), are both trading near year highs due to the drought in the Midwest farm belt of the United States. As the United States Read more…
Michael Snyder: Are you ready for the next major global food crisis? The price of corn hit an all-time record high on Thursday. So did the price of soybeans. The price of corn is up about Read more…
Bill Luby: I am firmly of the Jim Cramer school of thinking that believes, “There is always a bull market somewhere.” Of course, with the advent of inverse exchange-traded products ETPs), you can turn just about any bear market upside down and transform it into a bull market Read more…
Michael Snyder: Why is the heartland of the United States experiencing such a horrific drought right now? At the moment, approximately 61 percent of the entire nation Read more…
Jared Cummans: Corn futures have been crushing it for the past month, as a number of factors have combined to push prices higher by approximately 39%. Since hitting a bottom on June 15th, Corn futures did nothing by soar until July 9th, when gains for the past Read more…
Corn prices reversed course rather dramatically from this morning’s 3% rise on the USDA’s lowered forecast for bushels per acre from 166 to 146. The larger than expected cut was driven by the worst drought to hit the Midwest since Read more…
Sean Brodrick: Dang, it’s been a dry summer. And just as bad, it’s hot — so hot and dry, that crops are withering across America’s farm belt. Therein lies opportunity for investors, which I’ll get to in a minute. First … Read more…
Daniela Pylypczak: The heat wave that has been sweeping much of the country in recent weeks finally broke over the weekend, providing a minor measure of relief after a prolonged stretch of record temperatures. The unseasonably warm weather has already Read more…
Michael Snyder: All over America the corn (NYSEARCA:CORN) is dying. If drought conditions persist in the middle part of the country, wheat Read more…
In trading on Monday, the iPath Pure Beta Sugar ETN (NYSEARCA:SGAR) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 8.14% on the day. Also up on the day is the Read more…
Bill Luby: Since the launch of the Teucrium Commodity Trust Corn Fund ETF (NYSEARCA:CORN) in June 2010, investors who were unwilling to open up a futures account have been able to take long and short positions on corn via the CORN ETF Read more…
Michael Snyder: It is too early to panic, but if there is not a major change in the weather very soon we could be looking at widespread crop failures throughout the United States this summer. Record heat and crippling drought are absolutely devastating crops Read more…
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