Time now for our daily look at commodity prices and news. Today’s news is dominated by two reports from the US Department of Agriculture. One provides the USDA’s latest figures on grain stocks, and…
Time now for our daily look at commodity prices and news. Shareholders in Fronteer Gold Inc. (AMEX: FRG) have approved the company’s acquisition by Newmont Mining Corp. (NYSE: NEM) in a $2.32 billion deal…
It’s time for our daily look at commodity prices and news. Researchers at Harvard University analyzed data from a number of studies and concluded that cocoa consumption may reduce blood pressure, improve the health…
Time now for our daily look at commodity prices and news. The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (NYSE: RBS) has issued its latest version of the ‘Commodity Companion,’ and the bank is expecting…
We have seen a filing from SunCoke Energy, Inc. to come public via an initial public offering. What makes this deal stand out more than other IPO filing is that Sunoco, Inc. (NYSE: SUN)…
Randgold Resources Ltd. (NASDAQ: GOLD) is a gold mining and exploration company with operations mostly in Western and Central Africa. Needless to say, it operates in some countries where many of you who carry…
Silver Wheaton Corp. (NYSE: SLW) is out with its reserves news this morning and it is showing why it has risen so much in the last year. The company showed a 9% increase in…
Time now for our daily look at commodity prices and news. Copper prices rose to their highest level in nearly three weeks as the estimated cost to rebuild quake-devastated areas of Japan have come…
It’s 4:00 pm and time for our daily look at commodity prices and news. Today’s biggest upside move in ag products came in cotton, up about 3.5%, while wool was up about 2.5%. The…
There has been a ‘agribusiness ETF’ for some time via the Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF (NYSE: MOO). Now we have a new variation and that is the IQ Global Agribusiness Small Cap ETF (NYSE:…
Chocolate lovers, who are facing price hikes in the wake of record cocoa prices, can take solace in one thing: the cost of their deliciousness likely will never reach the level of caviar. That…
There is a new gold ETF on the market. Yesterday marked the launch of the Global X Pure Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GGGG). Global X noted that its new ETF focuses globally on companies…
The Nikkei fell 11%. The Ethisphere Institute released its list of the most ethical companies saying those most open with employees and shareholders topped the list. (Reuters) The euro zone will probably increase guarantees…
Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) is almost surprisingly trading higher after its earnings report. The surprise is that shares were already up 300% from last year’s IPO and it already even had a secondary offering…
IMF researchers believe that high food prices are a problem which will linger, at least in the foreseeable future. Bad weather is part of the reason. The growth in bio-fuels in another. The IMF…