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Thursday, August 7, 2008 by Marlin Clark
The mood has changed in the markets and we still have not seen the end of the price declines that have characterized trading for a month.
A month ago, it was all about the flooding — the cap on a wild market that had given us all-time high prices when everything that could be bullish […]
Posted in Marlin Clark, Columns
Thursday, July 31, 2008 by Marlin Clark
Any way you look at it, July has been a tough month in Chicago. The LaSalle Street losers have seen corn down $2.63, soybeans down $2.79 1/2 and wheat down nearly $2. All of these commodities bounced back, but the results have been grim for those on the long side of this market.
Grains have […]
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Thursday, July 17, 2008 by Marlin Clark
What a difference a few days make! I have said that before and I probably will again.
A few days in the corn markets on the Chicago Board of Trade have made over $1.15 difference, and it is down. That would be all the market range for a year or two normally, but we did […]
Posted in Marlin Clark, Columns
Thursday, June 26, 2008 by Marlin Clark
December corn prices made new all-time highs for eight days in a row.
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Thursday, June 19, 2008 by Marlin Clark
Continued flooding, especially in Iowa, has the market focusing on the size of the corn crop and traders taking prices to new all-time highs.
Once more, we talk about history being made before our eyes. The December corn contract on the Chicago Board of Trade has made eight consecutive all-time highs. This is beyond amazing. […]
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Thursday, June 5, 2008 by Marlin Clark
With planting caught up, the traders on the Chicago Board of Trade are switching their attention to the condition of the crop.
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Thursday, May 22, 2008 by Marlin Clark
Soybean prices on the Chicago Board of Trade adjusted Monday, May 19, to the Double Whammy of planting progress and Argentine news.
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Thursday, May 15, 2008 by Marlin Clark
Planting progress improved dramatically in the U.S. last week. That was the news out after the close of trading on the Chicago Board of Trade Monday.
Prices for corn made new all-time highs last week in response to slow corn planting. That trend was broken Monday, as private estimates of crop progress hit the market.
After […]
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Thursday, May 8, 2008 by Marlin Clark
Rain patterns across the Midwest have seriously delayed plantings, and have jerked around markets.
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Thursday, May 1, 2008 by Marlin Clark
April 28, corn futures on the Chicago Board of Trade were up nearly 23 cents, the soybeans were down 42 and a fraction, and the wheat futures were up more than 25 cents.
Posted in Markets, Marlin Clark, Columns