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Rain in Chicago Holding Down Corn Prices

Posted: June 29, 2012 at 2:32 pm

It’s raining in Chicago today, and traders at the CBOT are behaving like it’s raining everywhere that corn is growing.From a high of well over $6.50/bushel on Wednesday, corn prices ...
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More Bad News on US Corn Crop (VLO, CORN)

Posted: June 28, 2012 at 1:56 pm

Analysts at Dutch-based Rabobank have predicted that US corn prices could rise another 25% by the end of the year on lower yields due to hot, dry weather. That would ...
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Origin Agritech Skyrockets on China Report (SEED)

Posted: March 21, 2012 at 10:20 am

Ag biotech company Origin Agritech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SEED) is seeing its shares shoot up this morning following a report from boutique investment firm Moness Crespi Hardt that the company’s genetically ...
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Drop in Copper and Corn Prices May Be Overrated (FCX, SCCO, BHP, RIO, MON, ADM, BG, POT, MOS, VLO, PEIX, JJC, CU, CORN, MOO, DBA)

Posted: October 5, 2011 at 10:45 am

Since the beginning of September, copper and corn prices have fallen dramatically, with copper off nearly -35% from its 12 month high and corn off about -25%. Because both are ...
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Commodities Watch: Copper Moves Up on Stategic Oil Release (JPM, GS, JJC, CU, COPX)

Posted: June 24, 2011 at 1:02 pm

Yesterday's announcement by the International Energy Agency that member nations, including the US, would release 60 million barrels of crude sliced 5% off the price of a barrel of WTI ...
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Commodities Watch: Crude Oil Sends Prices Tumbling (CORN, JJG, MOO, DBA)

Posted: June 23, 2011 at 12:56 pm

This morning's announcement by the International Energy Agency that it would release 60 million barrels of crude from member nations' stocks has dealt a crushing blow to commodity prices. Only ...
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China, Agriculture and Corn (ADM, DE, POT, MOS, CORN, MOO, DBA)

Posted: June 7, 2011 at 1:19 pm

About 94% of the US corn crop is now in the ground, and that fact, along with other news, has put some recent pressure on corn prices and on stock ...
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Commodities Watch: Peru Halts Silver Mining Concessions; Corn, Wheat Continue to Flounder (BCEKF, RIOAF, ABX, NEM, SLV, SIL, CORN, DBA, MOO)

Posted: June 1, 2011 at 2:14 pm

Today's commodities watch looks at a government-ordered suspension of mining concessions in Peru and the continuing worries over grain prices as US corn planting remains behind schedule and Russia gets ...
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Commodities Watch: Silver Streaking Again; Coffee is Steaming; Investors Shedding Exchange-traded Ag Funds (SLV, SIL, SLW, SBUX, SJM, MOO, DBA, CORN)

Posted: May 25, 2011 at 2:40 pm

Today's commodities report takes a look at the recovery in silver, another comeback for coffee, and some concerns about agricultural exchange-traded products.  The price of silver is up about 4.5% ...
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Commodities Watch: Another Look at Copper; Corn, Wheat Turn Lower; Goldman Moves Commodities Up (GS, ABX, BHP, FCX, TCK, JJC, COPX, CORN, MOO, DBA)

Posted: May 24, 2011 at 3:12 pm

Today's commodities markets are being driven by a new report from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) essentially reversing its 'sell' report of scarcely six weeks ago. Copper prices remain ...
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Commodities Watch: Copper Stockpiles Falling in China; Weather Concerns Push Up Corn Prices; Silver, Gold, and Sugar in Brief (FCX, BHP, ADM, VLO, CORN, SLV, GLD, SGG)

Posted: May 13, 2011 at 1:43 pm

Today's commodities news starts off with a drawdown on copper from bonded warehouses in Shanghai. There are also new doubts about the US corn crop, and we finish up with ...
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Commodities Watch: Iron Ore Mining Wins, Uranium Mining Doesn’t; Corn Prices Continue Falling; Gold, Silver Headed in Opposite Directions (VALE, NHYDY, CCJ, ARVCF, RIO, CORN, GLD, SLV)

Posted: May 6, 2011 at 2:04 pm

Vale SA (NYSE: VALE), one of the world's leading producers of iron ore posted record profit in the first quarter of $6.8 billion. Even discounting a one-time gain on the ...
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Commodities Watch: Aluminum Prices Reach 3-Year High; Silver Still Sliding; Not Much US Corn in the Ground Yet; USDA Lifts Cotton Import Quota (CORN, DBA, BAL, AA, RIO, SLV, ZSL)

Posted: May 3, 2011 at 1:04 pm

Today's commodities news starts off with new highs for aluminum, and still falling silver prices, low numbers on corn plantings, and lowering of the outlook for cotton. As prices for ...
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Commodities Watch: Zinc Could Be China’s New Copper; Cocoa Rises on Short-Covering; Corn, Wheat Sink (TCK, XSRAY, AAUKY, NIB, KFT, UL, ADM, GIS, K, CORN, DBA)

Posted: April 28, 2011 at 1:50 pm

Today's commodities news starts off with bursting warehouses full of zinc, an unexpected rise in cocoa futures, and an equally unexpected fall in corn and wheat prices. The stockpile of ...
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Commodities Watch: New Ag ETFs Coming; Crude Oil Pipeline to Gulf Coast Also Planned; Rare Earths Miner Files Shelf Registration (CORN, DBA, EPD, ETP, TRP, COP, AVL, MCP, REE)

Posted: April 27, 2011 at 1:43 pm

Today's commodities news highlights an SEC filing for a new agricultural ETF, a proposed pipeline that would send crude oil to the US Gulf coast, and a $500 million shelf ...
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