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Coming back from the weekend I see a higher start to the week with momentum from the Euro and crude helping more than internal sentiment. […]

Coming back from Super Bowl weekend traders have nothing exciting beside the impending Greek debt default. This coupled to crude breaking hard should have agricultural markets on the defensive in spite of fading positive momentum from the overnight trade. All eyes are on European debt and the impact on the demand prospects for US commodities heading into the […]

Friday saw a very sluggish session once again but instead of all markets rallying like Thursday, corn led the charge. This was helped by a strong domestic and gulf basis bid and spreading between corn and wheat and corn and beans. […]

Coming back from the New Year holiday break the market looks at a higher move based on the following factors. First, the Euro is holding ground against the USD sitting just over $1.30 to start the week. […]

For the week coffee prices continued downward, making new lows and looking weak. […]

Stocks are up in the premarket due to European officials discussing a draft of a new fiscal policy which could be applied in January. Europe also agreed to put up over $150 million euros to the IMF to give more support to the Euro zone. […]

Coming back from the weekend there is a modest amount of bullish momentum built up in agriculture. All markets were higher across the board overnight led by beans which is gaining due to expansive dryness in Southern Brazil and central to Northern Argentina. […]

Precious metals got hit real hard this past week as Feb gold traded all the way down to $1,560 and March silver took a dive below $30. […]

The energy complex took a dive with the bad news coming out of Europe as both WTI and Brent sank to new monthly lows. […]

Apparently, there is a lack of enthusiasm for stocks today due to investor worries about the new pact in Europe. The new fiscal policy calls for a bailout fund in 2012 that will cost $267 billion for countries in crisis, and this money would be given to the IMF emergency fund. […]