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Corn Posts Black Friday Gains, as Export Business Remains Strong

Corn futures posted gains of 2 to 3 ¾ cents across the front months on Friday’s short session, with December up a dime this week. Today was first notice day for December futures, with 80 deliveries issued all by an ADM customer. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was...

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Crude Prices Erase Early Gains on Optimism for a Ukrainian Peace Deal

January WTI crude oil (CLF26 ) on Friday closed down -0.10 (-0.17%), and January RBOB gasoline (RBF26 ) closed down -0.0058 (-0.32%). Crude oil and gasoline prices fell from 1-week highs on Friday and settled lower. Crude prices came under pressure on Friday in hopes of an end to the...

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Nat-Gas Prices Soar as Forecasts for Below Normal US Temperatures

January Nymex natural gas (NGF26 ) on Friday closed up by +0.292 (+6.41%). Jan nat-gas prices rallied sharply on Friday, surging to an 8.5-month nearest-futures high on expectations of colder US weather, potentially boosting heating demand for nat-gas. The Commodity Weather Group on Friday said weather models shifted cooler in...

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Dollar Finishes Lower and Gold Rallies on Fed Rate Cut Expectations

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Friday fell to a 1.5-week low and finished down by -0.08%. The dollar gave up early gains last Friday and moved lower on increased chances that the Fed will cut interest rates at next month’s FOMC meeting. Swaps markets now discount an 83% chance...

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Brazilian Real Strength Supports Sugar Prices

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) on Friday closed up +0.07 (+0.46%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26 ) closed down -1.00 (-0.23%). Sugar prices settled mixed on Friday, with NY sugar posting a 5-week high. Strength in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL ) is supportive of sugar...

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Cocoa Prices Surge as ICCO Cuts Global Cocoa Production and Surplus Estimates

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH26 ) on Friday closed up +411 (+8.07%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ25 ) closed up +164 (+4.34%). Cocoa prices rallied sharply on Friday and posted 1-week highs. Cocoa price surged on Friday after the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) cut its global 2024/25 cocoa...

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Coffee Prices Settle Higher as the Brazilian Real Rallies

March arabica coffee (KCH26 ) on Friday closed up +1.50 (+0.40%), and January ICE robusta coffee (RMF26 ) closed up +26 (+0.57%). Coffee prices climbed to 1-week highs on Friday and settled higher due to strength in the Brazilian real. Short covering emerged in coffee futures on Friday after the...

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Stocks Settle Higher as Chip Makers and Energy Producers Rally

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Friday closed up by +0.54%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up by +0.61%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up by +0.78%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ25 ) rose +0.50%, and December...

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4 Unusually Active Options Trades to be Thankful For

As shoppers look to spend over $1 trillion between Black Friday and Christmas, I look back at four unusually active options trades I recommended over the past six weeks. There were good ones and bad ones.

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Is NextEra Energy Stock Underperforming the S&P 500?

NextEra Energy has underperformed the S&P 500 over the past year, but has been outpacing the broader market lately. Analysts are moderately bullish about the utility stock’s journey ahead.

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Cattle Rallying on Black Friday

Live cattle futures are $4.95 to $5.25 higher on the Friday session. There have been some cash trade picked up in the north this week at $208-210, with dressed trade at $330. Feeder cattle futures are showing near limit gains on Friday, with contracts up $8.70 to $9.225. The CME...

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Wheat Mixed on the Short Friday Session

The wheat complex is mixed, with most winter wheat contracts lower. Chicago SRW futures are up 3 ¼ cents in December, with March down 2 cents. KC HRW futures are 2 ¾ cents higher in December, with March fractionally lower. MPLS spring wheat is up 2 to 4 cents. There...

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Hogs on the Higher Side at Midday on the Shortened Friday Session

Lean hog futures posted Wednesday gains of $1.95 to $2.50 as bulls were catching some pre-Black Friday sales. USDA’s national base hog price was not reported on Friday morning due to light volume. The CME Lean Hog Index was down another 54 cents on November 25 at $82.27. Export Sales...

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Soybeans Holding onto Gains, as USDA confirms Sales to China

Soybeans are trading with gains of 3 to 4 cents on Friday following the holiday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is 3 3/4 cents higher to $10.62 3/4. Soymeal futures are down $2.50 to $2.70, as Soy Oil futures are 83 to 97 points higher. There were 199...

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Corn Bulls Showing Black Friday Gains, as Export Business Remains Strong

Corn futures are trading with midday Black Friday gains of 2 to 5 cents. Today is first notice day for December futures, with 80 deliveries issued all by an ADM customer. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is up 8 ¼ cents at $4.12. A private export sale of...

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Cotton Posting Friday Gains

Cotton futures are up 14 to 34 points at midday. Crude oil futures are up 23 cents per barrel at $59.30 on the day, with the US dollar index $0.092 lower to $99.430. USDA’s Export Sales report showed 175,678 RB of cotton sold in the week of 10/16, back up...

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Sugar Prices Supported by Brazilian Real Strength

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) today is up +0.05 (+0.33%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26 ) is down -1.60 (-0.37%). Sugar prices are mixed today, with NY sugar posting a 5-week high. Strength in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL ) is supportive of sugar prices, as...

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Is Chevron Corporation Stock Underperforming the S&P 500?

Chevron stock has underperformed the S&P 500 over the past year, but analysts remain moderately bullish about its prospects.

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Cocoa Prices Jump as Dollar Weakness Spurs Short Covering

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH26 ) today is up +430 (+8.44%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ25 ) is up +171 (+4.52%). Cocoa prices are sharply higher today, posting 1-week highs. Today's fall in the dollar index (DXY00 ) to a 1.5-week low has sparked short-covering in cocoa futures....

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Coffee Prices Gain on Strength in the Brazilian Real

March arabica coffee (KCH26 ) today is up +0.80 (+0.21%), and January ICE robusta coffee (RMF26 ) is up +46 (+1.01%). Coffee prices climbed to 1-week highs today due to strength in the Brazilian real. Short covering emerged in coffee futures today after the real (^USDBRL ) rallied to a...

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Shorting Secured Out-of-the-Money Amazon Puts Works Here

Last month, I recommended shorting the Amazon Inc. $235.00 strike price put option expiring today for a 1.36% yield over the month. It makes sense now to roll this AMZN put option over to the next month, as it might expire in the money.

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Crude Prices Push Higher on Dollar Weakness and Russian-Ukrainian Peace Uncertainty

January WTI crude oil (CLF26 ) today is up +0.62 (+1.06%), and January RBOB gasoline (RBF26 ) closed up +0.0316 (+1.73%). Crude oil and gasoline prices rallied to 1-week highs today as the decline in the dollar index (DXY00 ) to a 1.5-week low is bullish for energy prices. Also,...

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Stocks Climb on Strength in Chip Makers and Energy Producers

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up by +0.39%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up by +0.61%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up by +0.46%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ25 ) are up +0.35%, and December...

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This Rare Earths Stock Just Locked Down a New Supply Deal. Should You Buy Shares Here?

USA Rare Earth recently signed a significant supply agreement. So does that signal the time to buy now?

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Dollar Gains on Month-End Buying

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is up by +0.06%. Month-end buying of the dollar is supporting modest gains, with today being the last trading day of November. Forex trading was light, as futures and options trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were halted until early this morning due to...

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