Agriculture Concern: Major Drought Is Causing Corn Prices To Surge (CORN, DBA, MOO, DE, MON, AGU)
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…
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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…
Jared Cummans: If Jim Rogers has taught us anything, its that agriculture exposure is a must for any investment portfolio. But buying corn or soybean futures and rolling on a steady basis seems impractical for keeping allocations to what might make up 1% of your overall holdings. Beyond futures products Read more…
David Zeiler: High corn prices are creating misery for meat processing companies that are getting squeezed on profits and consumers who are getting squeezed in their wallets. Read more…
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…
Kevin Kerr: The crisp smell of autumn leaves, the chill in the air, and pumpkins, and turkey and stuffing, are all leading indicators that once again old man winter’s wrath will be here very soon. In fact, winter 2011-2012 is predicted to be tough sledding for much of the nation, and the world. Read more…
The market held in very strong yesterday, bouncing off the most shallow retracement level. When the market doesn’t get even a re-test of secondary support, it is an extremely bullish sign. We outlined the 1187-1195 area in the S&P, and this morning we are back knocking on that 1220 door Read more…
US stock futures point to a lower open on Wall Street Thursday following Wednesday’s final hour reversal. The market is tracking declines in European markets, with the Stoxx Europe 600 Index dropping 1%. Bulls will look to protect key retracement levels and hold onto gains from the Read more…
US stock futures look to be digesting yesterday’s gains on Tuesday morning after all major indices jumped around 3% to start the week. World markets are a bit jittery this morning as Slovakia is set to vote on plans to bolster the European Financial Stability Fund. The country’s Freedom and Solidarity party is expected to abstain from the vote, leaving the government short of votes needed for Read more…
Kevin Kerr: Over the last decade commodity prices have been surging at a breathtaking rate, except perhaps for the end of 2008 and into early 2009, when we saw a significant correction. Even so, the vast majority of investors, around 90 percent, have little or no exposure to commodities and resources at all. Read more…
Some headlines of Bold Action in Europe, and a bit of a compromise in Washington, are helping the futures and the markets this morning. This up open is nice follow through for those who went out long, based on yesterday’s strength. Some nice follow through to all those 80-20 Red Dog Reversals that we saw in many sectors across the board. Yesterday we outlined micro strategies to be long for “cash flow” and sometimes you can Read more…
Martin Weiss: We stand on the threshold of one of the most dramatic financial disasters of our lifetime: The default of the oldest democracy in the history of Western civilization — Greece — is threatening the largest economies in the history of civilization — the European Union and the United States. Read more…
Larry D. Spears: If Mark Twain was talking about investing in farmland when he suggested “buy land – they’re not making anymore,” then he knew more about finance than he’s credited with. Read more…
Scott Pluschau: PowerShares DB Agriculture ETF (NYSE:DBA) is breaking out of a Bull Flag pattern on the weekly chart. The flag is a continuation pattern that resembles a flag when drawn with trendlines, and ideally should have diminishing volume in the flag after a sharp increase in price. Read more…
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