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The global economic ties can create a synchronized expansion to elevate the entire worldwide marketplace or it can act as a set of dominoes, each falling to take down the next until all have fallen! This is the world we live. - Read More
Metals – Gold, Silver and Copper! They may wear different hats in 2012? Gold has been the safe-haven vehicle used over centuries to barter and as the most sought after currency! Silver has been called “the poor man’s gold.” Copper has been the industrial metal used for cable, pipes, roofing and industrial machinery over the [...] - Read More
The US Dollar and some of the financial markets have been range bound without direction as traders attempt to read into some of the financial reports to gain insight into the potential Fed action! The Fed's monetary policy is intent on providing stabilization with income, employment, prices and balance of payments consistent with the growth rate. - Read More
The US Dollar has been range bound since December as remains a safe-haven in a vulnerable economic passage! The range has been about $78.00 - $82.00 allowing traders the opportunity to take advantage of the swings. - Read More
Harami, like engulfing patterns, are a two candlestick formation. They are actually often confused with engulfing patterns because they both involve candles where one real body is bigger than the other. The difference is that in harami, the preceding (or first) candle in the pattern is the longer one of the pair; it encompasses the whole body of the second candlestick. - Read More
Cotton prices were mixed on Friday. They are trading 80 higher this morning, probably on short covering. There were 1631 bales of cotton decertified from deliverable stocks. The US Dollar is up 2 points at 80.10. Crude oil is up 59 cents at $107.65. May soybeans were down 5 ¼ cents overnight at $13.68 ¾. [...] - Read More
Cotton prices were mixed on Thursday and are trading a little higher this morning. There were 1,540 bales of cotton decertified from deliverable stocks. The US Dollar Index is 30 lower at 79.84. Crude oil is up 52 cents at $105.63. May soybeans were down 1 ½ cents overnight at $13.67 ½. May corn was [...] - Read More
Currencies: 13Mar We see two stories dominating the FX landscape today. First, the US Retail Sales data came in about as strong as expected and the best number in 5 months. This withdraws bias for more Fed easing ahead of today’s FOMC meeting and statement. Secondly, the Bank of Japan indicates a further policy of [...] - Read More
Cotton prices fell on Monday and are trading near unchanged this morning. Talk of possible export sales is supporting cotton futures. The US Dollar Index is up 36 points at 80.28. Crude oil is down 32 cents at $106.02. May soybeans were up 11 cents overnight at $13.45 ½. May corn was up 3 cents [...] - Read More
Cotton prices slipped lower on Friday and are trading 60 lower this morning. India has revoked the cotton export ban on existing export sales. They will require current exports to be revalidated and will not issue new export permits for now. This will eliminate the need for the buyers of those bales to seek other [...] - Read More
Cotton prices slipped lower on Thursday and are 80 lower this morning. The USDA supply/demand report was bearish for cotton. For the US, they left production unchanged, lowered mill use by 100,000 bales, left exports unchanged and raised ending stocks by 100,000 bales. For the world, they raised beginning stocks 270,000 bales, increased production 300,000 [...] - Read More
Cotton prices were limit bid on current crop months after India’s ban on cotton exports. This morning, cotton prices are a little lower as traders realize that the India’s ban was a political move influenced by textile mill interests that is now being challenged by grower groups. India’s Group of Ministers will meet on March [...] - Read More
Cotton prices fell on Friday but are limit bid this morning on news that India has banned the exports of cotton, including deliveries of sales made but not shipped. Estimates of the unshipped Indian sales range from 1.5 million (480lb) bales to 3.0 million. Those unshipped bales will likely be filled with new US cotton [...] - Read More
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