Let’s blame it on the bossa nova
Last week in this space we looked at the "outside markets" as an effect on our grain markets. Recently, they have been a dominating...
Outside markets dominate grain prices
Based on the fundamentals and the technicals both, we should have been lower Sept. 22. What happened? Outside markets happened, with a vengeance.
The corn market downtrend continues
The corn downtrend has continued for 11 days. There is a little satisfaction in that, since in my last column I said that...
Grain commodity markets bounce, but party’s over
Here are grain merchandiser Marlin Clark's conclusions from the current market. First, hindsight is 20/20. Second, timing is more important than actual prices; and, third, the party is over for this year.
Adjectives wear out grain market watchers
One casualty of our record grain markets this year on the Chicago Board of Trade this year is the adjective. We have worn out...
The correction becomes a crash
The mood has changed in the markets and we still have not seen the end of the price declines that have characterized trading for...
It was a bad month on LaSalle Street
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...
Watching the corn crash in Chicago
What a difference a few days make! I have said that before and I probably will again.
A few days in the corn markets...
The grain market blows its top
December corn prices made new all-time highs for eight days in a row.
Weather drives record grain market
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....
