by admin | Mar 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
Date Time Event Survey Prior 3/15/2016 14:00 USDA Cattle Slaughter 15-Mar — 110000 3/15/2016 14:00 USDA Hog Slaughter 15-Mar — 430000 Tue US 0830 ET Feb retail sales expected -0.2% and -0.2% ex autos, Jan +0.2% and...
by admin | Mar 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
U.S. retail sales expected to be weak and provide some new data on whether U.S. consumers will continue to single-handedly hold up the U.S. economy PPI expected to rise and add to the recent uptick in the inflation data NAHB housing index expected to improve...
by admin | Mar 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Last Trading Day for these MARCH FUTURES: Soybeans, Soymeal, Soyoil; Corn; Oats; Rough Rice; Chicago/Kansas City/Minneapolis Wheat; ICE Canola; Dollar Index; IMM Currencies (with the exception of Canadian Dollar, which expires tomorrow 3/15). March Currency...
by admin | Mar 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Mixed tone with corn firm on further gains in record managed fund corn short while soy eases on easing soy basis erosion by crushers who extended ownership last week. Wheat meandering although charts on all three major ags look positive following weekly gains of 15-16...
by admin | Mar 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Date Time Event Survey Prior 3/14/2016 11:00 Export Inspections – Corn 10-Mar — 953.06 3/14/2016 11:00 Export Inspections – Soybeans 10-Mar — 1067.37 3/14/2016 11:00 Export Inspections – Wheat 10-Mar...
by admin | Mar 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Weekly market focus Weekend Chinese news is mildly negative Fed rate hike expectations turn more hawkish Weekly market focus — The markets this week will focus on (1) the Tue/Wed FOMC meeting where the Fed is expected to leave interest rates unchanged but where...
by admin | Mar 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
Here is a technical picture of gold and silver. I am utilizing our “scale-in” strategy to approach these markets, to exploit the volatility. Call for details. APR GOLD Overnight’s break above 04-Mar’s 1280.7 high reaffirms the past...
by admin | Mar 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
Date Time Event Survey Prior 3/11/2016 13:00 Baker Hughes U.S. Rig Count 11-Mar — — 3/11/2016 13:00 Baker Hughes U.S. Rotary Gas Rigs 11-Mar — — 3/11/2016 13:00 Baker Hughes U.S. Rotary Oil Rigs 11-Mar —...
by admin | Mar 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
U.S. import prices expected to remain weak ECB pulls out a bazooka but markets are not overly impressed U.S. import prices expected to remain weak — The market is expecting today’s Feb U.S. import price index to remain very weak with a decline of...
by admin | Mar 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
Glut in oil? Could be, but it is demand that could take this market higher. Gas demand gone crazy! Crude oil prices spiked as gasoline demand spiked after the EIA reported that gasoline demand is running at 9.3 million barrels a day, over 7% higher...