Dividend payments are rising even as equity markets retreat, but rising input costs and long-term bond yields pose headwinds. […]
Five factors are fueling concerns over the possibility of an economic recession that have led to losses in equities since March. […]
Read a recap of the previous month’s trading activity in the CME Group Palm Oil complex, including volume and open interest in futures, options, and spreads. […]
Efforts to diversify global supply chains are being challenged by the pandemic, trade tariffs and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. […]
The Export Sales Reporting Program monitors U.S. agricultural export sales on a daily and weekly basis.The program requires U.S. exporters to report sales of certain commodities to FAS each week. Commodities currently covered by the program are wheat, wheat products, barley, corn, grain sorghum, oats, rye, rice, soybeans, soybean cake and meal, […]
This report contains a weekly summary of grains weighed for export in metric tons, including totals for the current and previous market year to date. Included are grains prepared for export weekly by country of destination and port area. […]
This full-text report, issued four times yearly, presents data on the U.S. pig crop for 16 major states and the U.S., including inventory number by class, weight group, farrowings, and farrowing intentions. Pigs per litter and pig crop by quarter are also covered in the report. Data was gathered from a random sample of approximately 7,500 U.S. […]
This file contains the monthly total number of cattle and calves on feed, placements, marketings, and other disappearances; by class and feedlot capacity for selected states; number of feedlots and fed cattle marketings by size groups for selected states. Data is organized by state and by U.S. […]
Read about the strengths of Cushing as a crude oil trading and storage hub and, in turn, for hedging crude price risk as storage utilization levels rise. […]
Read about the strengths of Cushing as a crude oil trading and storage hub and, in turn, for hedging crude price risk as storage utilization levels rise. […]
Read how Crude Oil grade futures contracts from CME Group are helping participants manage arbitrage risk between evolving US and global markets. […]
Volatility in the butane and propane markets has increased along with futures trading as companies look to exchanges to manage price risk exposure. […]
The Department of Agriculture releases at the end of the month the index of prices received by farmers for the preceeding month. Prices received represent sales from producers to first buyers. They include all grades and qualities. For most items, the current month's preliminary price represents a 3-5 day period around the 15th of the month. […]
The Baker Hughes North American rig count tracks weekly changes in the number of active operating oil & gas rigs. Used for drilling wellbores for wells that may eventually produce oil or gas, active rigs are essential for the exploration and development of oil and gas fields. Rigs that are not active are not counted. Components in the data are […]
The Institute For Supply Management - Chicago compiles a survey and a composite diffusion index of business conditions in the Chicago area. Since October 2011, the survey has been conducted by Market News International. Manufacturing and non-manufacturing firms both are surveyed. Hence, it is not directly comparable to pure manufacturing surveys. […]
The Fed's balance sheet is a weekly report presenting a consolidated balance sheet for all 12 Reserve Banks that lists factors supplying reserves into the banking system and factors absorbing reserves from the system. The report is officially named Factors Affecting Reserve Balances, otherwise known as the "H.4.1" report.In September 2017, the Fed […]
Bob Iaccino, Path Trading Partners […]
Bob Iaccino, Path Trading Partners […]
Dan Deming, KKM Financia […]
Todd Colvin, Ambrosino Brothers […]