From the monthly archives: January 2012

Milk Money 1/31/12

On January 31, 2012 - 3:23 PM By

Dairy Product Spot Call Reporter The spot market remains calm after yesterday’s light activity.  Once again, 2 loads of barrel cheese traded, this time both at unchanged.  Offers were made in the other markets, but buyers were having none of it.  The surprising mover today is dry grade X, which tumbled 12¢ to bring its [...]

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Morning Grains 1/31/12

On January 31, 2012 - 10:34 AM By

WHEAT General Comments: Futures closed lower on weakness in the other grains and on ideas that there were lots of supplies around. The move came as the US Dollar moved higher and as talk continued that Russia and Ukraine crops could see a lot of damage and loss from the extreme cold being reported near [...]

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Morning Softs 1/31/12

On January 31, 2012 - 10:33 AM By

COTTON General Comments: Futures were lower on US Dollar strength tied to doubts about Europe and the Greek debt situation. Traders were also selling in anticipation of the idex fund roll that is expected later this week. Ideas remain that Chinese demand could start to return this week now that the holidays have passed. Chinese [...]

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The Nemenoff Report 1/31/12

On January 31, 2012 - 10:00 AM By

Financials: Mar. Bonds are currently 5 lower at 144’15 and the 10 Yr. Notes 1 lower at 132’00. These markets are still displaying a fear premium due to fear of Greek and Portugese debt. Yesterday the Bonds neared resistance of the 145’16-146’00 level making a high of 145’03. Yields dropped once again to 3.00% on [...]

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Today’s Futures News

On January 31, 2012 - 7:01 AM By

Today’s Futures News Crude Rises; Hogs, Cattle Futures Decline: Commodities at Close The Standard & Poor's GSCI gauge of 24 commodities rose 0.7 percent to 666.11 at 5:57 pm Singapore time. The UBS Bloomberg CMCI index of 26 raw materials dropped 1 percent to 1589.612 yesterday. CRUDE OIL Oil gained as investors speculated that fuel [...]

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Trade Notices 1/31/12

On January 31, 2012 - 7:00 AM By

Futures Last Trading Day: LT: Jan Live Cattle-BM&F LT: Jan Robusta Coffee-LIFFE LT: Jan Crude Oil-TOCOM LT: Jan 30-day Fed Funds-CME®-G LT: Jan 30-day Fed Funds Option-CME®-G LT: Jan Interbank Rate-ASX LT: Jan SICOM TSR20 Rubber-SGX LT: Feb Currencies-BM&F LT: Feb Ethanol-BM&F LT: Feb Ethanol-CME®-G LT: Feb RBOB Gasoline-CME®-G LT: Feb Gold-BM&F LT: Feb Heating [...]

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Market Reports 1/31/12

On January 31, 2012 - 7:00 AM By

  FR:Consumer Mfgd Goods Consumption 2:45 AM ET     FR:PPI 2:45 AM ET     DE:Unemployment Rate 3:50 AM ET     GB:M4 Money Supply 4:30 AM ET     EMU:Unemployment Rate 5:00 AM ET     US:ICSC-Goldman Store Sales 7:45 AM ET     US:Employment Cost Index 8:30 AM ET     CA:IPPI 8:30 AM ET     CA:Monthly GDP 8:30 AM ET     US:Redbook 8:55 AM ET     US:S&P Case-Shiller HPI [...]

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Milk Money 1/30/12

On January 30, 2012 - 5:00 PM By

Dairy Product Spot Call Reporter  After Friday’s intense trading action, today’s spot call was relatively tame.  Blocks were quiet.  Barrels were offered higher at open for $1.5000/lb. and founder a buyer immediately, and a second load was traded at unchanged, closing the day at $1.4950/lb. on volume of 2.  Sellers offered aggressively in the Dry [...]

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What Lies Beneath ALL Trends – FREE eBook

On January 30, 2012 - 12:02 PM By

          In Futures, where there is a buyer there is a seller. So think about this: in a strong trending market up, “Who is selling?” And on the other side of that question, in a strong trending market down “Who is buying?” Very few traders learn the simple logic of how [...]

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AGMASTER at the Nat’l Farm Machinery Show

On January 30, 2012 - 11:21 AM By

        47th Annual National Farm Machinery Show   Wed, 2/15/12 – Sat, 2/18/12  (9am – 6pm) Kentucky Exposition Center­ 937 Phillips Lane Louisville, KY 40209 The future of farming is coming to the 47th National Farm Machinery Show, as the nation’s largest indoor farm show returns to the Kentucky Exposition Center. Start the [...]

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#5 – Trading Tip of the Week

On January 30, 2012 - 10:00 AM By

Using an oscillator for assessing divergence with price — Oscillators can also be used in conjunction with price movement to look for divergences and a possible reversal of trend. New price highs should theoretically be accompanied by new highs in the oscillator, and a price rally should be accompanied by a rising oscillator. The opposite [...]

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The Nemenoff Report 1/30/12

On January 30, 2012 - 10:00 AM By

Financials: Mar. Bonds are currently 1’09 higher at 144’23 and the 10 Yr. Note 13 higher at 132’04. Greece and Portugal are once again in the news as talks will take place later in the week on how to resolve several issues including how much of a “haircut” Greek bondholders will have to take. Long [...]

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