Powershares DB Agriculture Fund (DBA) 24.66 $DBA
The Commodities Crash Playbook: A Long Overdue Rewrite And Revision
Dr. Duru - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 12:31PM CST
JOY: 43.34 (-0.85), SGG: 37.72 (-0.57), CCJ: 15.45 (-0.30), BAL: 40.71 (-0.63), JO: 32.40 (-0.98), DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), FXA: 81.64 (-0.45), STX: 65.04 (-1.40), RJI: 5.97 (-0.12), REMX: 24.42 (-0.54), UUP: 24.38 (unch), GSG: 19.52 (-0.55), RJA: 7.27 (-0.11), EEM: 38.95 (-0.32), NIB: 38.18 (-0.27), ERY: 25.03 (+2.02), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), DE: 85.45 (-0.20), CORN: 26.83 (+0.18), CAT: 86.89 (-0.76), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20)
Grains: Fourth Quarter Review And The Outlook For 2015
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 5:25AM CST
AGA: 24.07 (+0.50), WEAT: 12.01 (-0.13), RJA: 7.27 (-0.11), SOYB: 20.55 (-0.64), BG: 88.84 (-0.62), DAG: 5.02 (-0.08), ADM: 48.21 (-0.61), MOO: 52.67 (-0.04), DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), JJG: 38.02 (-0.54), CORN: 26.83 (+0.18)
Farm Prices index +1% in December
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 30, 2:08PM CST
AGA: 24.07 (+0.50), DAG: 5.02 (-0.08), DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), RGRA: 19.83 (-0.02), ADZ: 29.00 (unch), USAG: 22.37 (-0.20), RJA: 7.27 (-0.11), FUD: 22.61 (-0.08), DIRT: 38.13 (-0.27), UAG: 21.76 (-0.40), TAGS: 33.05 (unch), AGF: 13.86 (-0.02), JJA: 41.70 (-0.77)
Commodity Darwinism: Strong Hands Emerge
Andrew Hecht - Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 23, 5:28AM CST
2014 has been a rough year in the commodity sector. Commodity prices are cyclical and history, in this sector, tends to repeat itself. Commodities are volatile assets; they are highly sensitive to changes in supply and demand. Historical volatility...
DAG: 5.02 (-0.08), UBN: 9.07 (+0.02), UBM: 15.44 (-0.33), JJP: 58.35 (+0.52), BDG: 16.53 (-0.60), TAGS: 33.05 (unch), UAG: 21.76 (-0.40), JJM: 26.40 (-0.43), BDD: 7.06 (-0.13), AGF: 13.86 (-0.02), RJZ: 8.06 (+0.03), ONG: 23.30 (unch), BLNG: 32.62 (unch), JJE: 9.07 (-0.50), JJA: 41.70 (-0.77), AGA: 24.07 (+0.50), DBE: 15.15 (-0.66), HEVY: 29.85 (-0.14), DBB: 15.47 (-0.09), RGRA: 19.83 (-0.02), DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), USMI: 19.76 (+0.08), ADZ: 29.00 (unch), BOM: 16.02 (+0.34), RGRE: 15.70 (-1.63), USAG: 22.37 (-0.20), GLTR: 63.53 (+0.67), RGRI: 22.57 (unch), BOS: 22.60 (unch), RJN: 3.46 (-0.17), RJA: 7.27 (-0.11), DIRT: 38.13 (-0.27), FUD: 22.61 (-0.08), RGRP: 17.00 (unch), DBP: 38.33 (+0.42), WITE: 34.59 (+0.27)
Dessert Bells Ring: Warren Buffett Eats At Distressed Buffets
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 23, 5:07AM CST
RTM: 83.44 (-0.52), XLB: 48.29 (-0.11), DAG: 5.02 (-0.08), BNO: 18.68 (-0.98), UYM: 48.23 (-0.32), UBN: 9.07 (+0.02), SBM: 25.94 (+0.26), JJP: 58.35 (+0.52), TAGS: 33.05 (unch), UAG: 21.76 (-0.40), FMAT: 27.18 (-0.06), AGF: 13.86 (-0.02), OIL: 10.47 (-0.65), MATL: 60.30 (-0.80), ONG: 23.30 (unch), BLNG: 32.62 (unch), JJE: 9.07 (-0.50), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20), JJA: 41.70 (-0.77), AGA: 24.07 (+0.50), USO: 17.41 (-0.87), DBE: 15.15 (-0.66), DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), RGRA: 19.83 (-0.02), IYM: 81.22 (-0.29), FXZ: 30.83 (-0.33), ADZ: 29.00 (unch), RGRE: 15.70 (-1.63), USAG: 22.37 (-0.20), GLTR: 63.53 (+0.67), RJN: 3.46 (-0.17), SMN: 30.47 (+0.26), RJA: 7.27 (-0.11), DIRT: 38.13 (-0.27), FUD: 22.61 (-0.08), RGRP: 17.00 (unch), DBP: 38.33 (+0.42), WITE: 34.59 (+0.27), BRK.B: 148.28 (-1.19), BRK.A: 222,424.44 (-2,250.56), VAW: 106.03 (-0.36)
Farmland Index Rebounds From All-Time Low
T. Marc Schober - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 22, 8:26AM CST
Rural bankers see a continued improvement in farmland values, after the farmland price index fell to its lowest level ever in October. The rural economy remained neutral with crop prices on the rise, but oil prices taking a plunge. The majority of...
AGA: 24.07 (+0.50), DAG: 5.02 (-0.08), DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), RGRA: 19.83 (-0.02), ADZ: 29.00 (unch), USAG: 22.37 (-0.20), RJA: 7.27 (-0.11), FUD: 22.61 (-0.08), DIRT: 38.13 (-0.27), UAG: 21.76 (-0.40), TAGS: 33.05 (unch), AGF: 13.86 (-0.02), JJA: 41.70 (-0.77)
Cuba: A New Customer For The U.S. Farmer
Andrew Hecht - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 22, 5:06AM CST
On Wednesday, December 17, United States President Barrack Obama announced a normalization of relations with Cuba. The island nation had been a pariah in the eyes of America since 1960, the days of President Kennedy. Mixed reviews met the...
AGA: 24.07 (+0.50), SGG: 37.72 (-0.57), JO: 32.40 (-0.98), BAL: 40.71 (-0.63), DAG: 5.02 (-0.08), RGRA: 19.83 (-0.02), DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), ADZ: 29.00 (unch), USAG: 22.37 (-0.20), JJN: 19.78 (-0.83), WEAT: 12.01 (-0.13), RJA: 7.27 (-0.11), SOYB: 20.55 (-0.64), DIRT: 38.13 (-0.27), FUD: 22.61 (-0.08), TAGS: 33.05 (unch), UAG: 21.76 (-0.40), CANE: 11.76 (-0.20), NINI: 26.44 (-0.56), AGF: 13.86 (-0.02), JJG: 38.02 (-0.54), CORN: 26.83 (+0.18), JJA: 41.70 (-0.77)
Cold Weather Or The Dollar - Which Is Most Important For Commodity Prices For The Rest Of 2014?
Andrew Hecht - Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 25, 5:06AM CST
It has been a very chilly start to the winter in the United States. Just ask the citizens of Western New York State, some of whom received over seven feet of snow in the last week. On November 1, less than 1% of the US had snow cover. This week snow...
DAG: 5.02 (-0.08), BNO: 18.68 (-0.98), SGAR: 27.20 (unch), UGA: 29.48 (-0.92), UBN: 9.07 (+0.02), CRUD: 26.94 (-0.43), CAFE: 21.36 (-0.82), SOYB: 20.55 (-0.64), DNO: 64.00 (+2.98), UGAZ: 3.44 (-0.62), BOIL: 14.38 (-1.71), ONG: 23.30 (unch), UHN: 19.45 (-0.54), DCNG: 22.43 (unch), COW: 29.21 (-0.20), DTO: 104.23 (+7.14), ADZ: 29.00 (unch), UUP: 24.38 (unch), RJN: 3.46 (-0.17), RJA: 7.27 (-0.11), CANE: 11.76 (-0.20), UBC: 22.89 (unch), DWTI: 181.01 (+23.40), GRU: 5.15 (-0.02), KOLD: 87.49 (+8.69), JO: 32.40 (-0.98), NAGS: 10.40 (-0.39), OLO: 6.98 (-0.35), UNG: 14.18 (-0.81), CHOC: 43.47 (+0.17), TAGS: 33.05 (unch), UAG: 21.76 (-0.40), DGAZ: 8.73 (+1.20), LSTK: 52.35 (+0.28), OIL: 10.47 (-0.65), AGF: 13.86 (-0.02), JJG: 38.02 (-0.54), GAZ: 2.00 (unch), UNL: 13.20 (-0.56), JJE: 9.07 (-0.50), OLEM: 22.28 (-0.40), JJA: 41.70 (-0.77), AGA: 24.07 (+0.50), SGG: 37.72 (-0.57), USO: 17.41 (-0.87), DBE: 15.15 (-0.66), UCO: 7.56 (-0.80), DBC: 17.34 (-0.39), DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), RGRA: 19.83 (-0.02), RGRE: 15.70 (-1.63), UWTI: 2.95 (-0.51), USAG: 22.37 (-0.20), SCO: 102.00 (+9.16), NIB: 38.18 (-0.27), DIRT: 38.13 (-0.27), FUD: 22.61 (-0.08), SZO: 69.50 (+3.37), DBO: 13.27 (-0.73), UDN: 23.33 (-0.01), USL: 23.59 (-0.95)
Farmers Fight Snow And Cold To Complete 2014 Harvest
T. Marc Schober - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 24, 5:36PM CST
Harvest progress was slowed this past week due to freezing temperatures and snow. Many analysts believe the acres left unharvested could remain in the field until spring. Although most farmers were able to complete their harvest, a significant amount...
WEAT: 12.01 (-0.13), SOYB: 20.55 (-0.64), DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), CORN: 26.83 (+0.18)
How Various Commodities Are Dealing With Grief And Loss (Of Value)
Andrew Hecht - Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 18, 5:01AM CST
Commodity prices have moved lower as a sector in 2014. A stronger dollar, weak economic conditions in Europe and slowing growth in China have resulted in lower prices for many raw materials. We have just come through a long cyclical period where...
GLDI: 12.38 (+0.07), DAG: 5.02 (-0.08), OUNZ: 12.30 (+0.13), GLDE: 12.78 (+0.41), UBM: 15.44 (-0.33), SGOL: 120.84 (+1.30), RJZ: 8.06 (+0.03), UGL: 41.78 (+0.91), HEVY: 29.85 (-0.14), BARS: 47.25 (-1.58), DZZ: 6.91 (-0.18), BOM: 16.02 (+0.34), ADZ: 29.00 (unch), DGL: 40.91 (+0.47), DGP: 25.55 (+0.55), BOS: 22.60 (unch), RJA: 7.27 (-0.11), UBG: 31.82 (+0.43), DGZ: 14.99 (-0.18), VALE: 8.55 (unch), IAU: 11.94 (+0.12), AGOL: 119.66 (+1.57), GGBP: 12.19 (+0.59), GRU: 5.15 (-0.02), UGLD: 12.75 (+0.43), GYEN: 13.52 (+0.13), BDG: 16.53 (-0.60), GEUR: 13.25 (+0.12), JJM: 26.40 (-0.43), UAG: 21.76 (-0.40), TAGS: 33.05 (unch), BHP: 45.88 (-1.05), BDD: 7.06 (-0.13), AGF: 13.86 (-0.02), JJG: 38.02 (-0.54), RIO: 44.57 (-0.96), JJA: 41.70 (-0.77), AGA: 24.07 (+0.50), DBB: 15.47 (-0.09), TBAR: 25.17 (+0.02), BAL: 40.71 (-0.63), DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), RGRA: 19.83 (-0.02), USMI: 19.76 (+0.08), USAG: 22.37 (-0.20), RGRI: 22.57 (unch), DGLD: 68.01 (-2.25), FUD: 22.61 (-0.08), DIRT: 38.13 (-0.27), GLD: 118.56 (+1.30), CTNN: 26.72 (-0.36), BAR: 30.31 (+0.95), GLL: 91.74 (-2.10)
Despite Weather Conditions, Farmers Continue Harvest
T. Marc Schober - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 17, 8:40PM CST
Farmers with harvesting left to do will be working in a winter wonderland as snow has blanketed the Midwest for the past week. The weather will impact grain transportation as grain elevators report growing railway delays. Reports out of western...
WEAT: 12.01 (-0.13), SOYB: 20.55 (-0.64), DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), CORN: 26.83 (+0.18)
Agriculture Investors Set For Poor Harvest
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Wed Nov 12, 4:51AM CST
Three years of downbeat commodity prices have seen investors become increasingly disillusioned with agricultural resources - a trend that has continued this year amid fresh lows. Investing in commodities looked set to be a decent hedge against...
MOO: 52.67 (-0.04), DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), AGCO: 43.23 (+0.06), DE: 85.45 (-0.20)
Food prices trek higher
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Oct 22, 11:01AM CDT
DFRG: 21.45 (-1.69), MOO: 52.67 (-0.04), PNRA: 175.80 (+0.16), BOBE: 55.39 (+0.80), EAT: 60.74 (-0.04), BWLD: 184.20 (-1.87), THI: 85.92 (-0.26), JACK: 84.34 (-0.42), SBUX: 80.23 (+0.44), DNKN: 44.08 (+0.41), NATH: 82.04 (+0.06), SONC: 30.69 (+0.19), IRG: 7.43 (-0.06), CAKE: 52.19 (-0.16), CMG: 711.70 (-2.57), PZZA: 62.05 (+0.26), DPZ: 102.12 (+1.62), KKD: 19.63 (+0.15), RUTH: 14.48 (+0.13), TXRH: 34.50 (-0.39), BDL: 30.45 (-0.30), RRGB: 79.30 (-0.61), DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), COW: 29.21 (-0.20), CHUY: 19.39 (-0.99), DIN: 107.00 (+1.04), DENN: 10.60 (+0.43), DRI: 59.84 (-0.05), BKW: 35.50 (-1.16), RT: 6.47 (+0.20), CBRL: 135.22 (+0.33), LUB: 4.68 (-0.04), MCD: 93.01 (-0.20), PAGG: 29.50 (-0.04), BBRG: 13.19 (+0.42), BLMN: 25.06 (-0.01), WEN: 9.93 (unch)
Farmers Unable To Close The Gap As Harvest Remains Delayed
T. Marc Schober - Seeking Alpha - Tue Oct 14, 5:26PM CDT
The gap between this year's reported harvest progress and the five-year average continues to widen. Wet weather continued to keep farmers at bay. Maturity in soybeans has caught up to the five-year average, while corn maturity is still behind....
WEAT: 12.01 (-0.13), SOYB: 20.55 (-0.64), DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), CORN: 26.83 (+0.18)
Is the Incredible Run in Coffee ETFs Finally Over? - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Mon Aug 18, 9:00AM CDT
Why coffee ETFs might be due for some trouble in the weeks ahead.
JO: 32.40 (-0.98), DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), CAFE: 21.36 (-0.82)
Watch for PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund to Potentially Rebound After Falling 1.40% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Aug 12, 5:28PM CDT
PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (NYSE
BA) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $26.03 to a high of $26.28. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.4%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $26.11 on volume of 695,000 shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
DBA: 24.66 (-0.18)
PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund Set to Possibly Rebound After Yesterday's Selloff of 1.40%
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Aug 12, 5:28PM CDT
PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (NYSE BA) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $26.03 to a high of $26.28. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.4%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $26.11 on volume of 695,000 shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
DBA: 24.66 (-0.18)
Russian Food Import Ban Takes a Bite Out of These Agricultural ETFs - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - ZACKS - Mon Aug 11, 11:00AM CDT
Watch these commodity ETFs after Russia announced a food import ban from the West.
DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), COW: 29.21 (-0.20), JJS: 39.55 (-0.77), JJA: 41.70 (-0.77)
The Commodities Crash Playbook: A Long Overdue Rewrite And Revision
Dr. Duru - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 12:31PM CST
JOY: 43.34 (-0.85), SGG: 37.72 (-0.57), CCJ: 15.45 (-0.30), BAL: 40.71 (-0.63), JO: 32.40 (-0.98), DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), FXA: 81.64 (-0.45), STX: 65.04 (-1.40), RJI: 5.97 (-0.12), REMX: 24.42 (-0.54), UUP: 24.38 (unch), GSG: 19.52 (-0.55), RJA: 7.27 (-0.11), EEM: 38.95 (-0.32), NIB: 38.18 (-0.27), ERY: 25.03 (+2.02), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), DE: 85.45 (-0.20), CORN: 26.83 (+0.18), CAT: 86.89 (-0.76), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20)
Grains: Fourth Quarter Review And The Outlook For 2015
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 5:25AM CST
AGA: 24.07 (+0.50), WEAT: 12.01 (-0.13), RJA: 7.27 (-0.11), SOYB: 20.55 (-0.64), BG: 88.84 (-0.62), DAG: 5.02 (-0.08), ADM: 48.21 (-0.61), MOO: 52.67 (-0.04), DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), JJG: 38.02 (-0.54), CORN: 26.83 (+0.18)
Farm Prices index +1% in December
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 30, 2:08PM CST
AGA: 24.07 (+0.50), DAG: 5.02 (-0.08), DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), RGRA: 19.83 (-0.02), ADZ: 29.00 (unch), USAG: 22.37 (-0.20), RJA: 7.27 (-0.11), FUD: 22.61 (-0.08), DIRT: 38.13 (-0.27), UAG: 21.76 (-0.40), TAGS: 33.05 (unch), AGF: 13.86 (-0.02), JJA: 41.70 (-0.77)
Commodity Darwinism: Strong Hands Emerge
Andrew Hecht - Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 23, 5:28AM CST
2014 has been a rough year in the commodity sector. Commodity prices are cyclical and history, in this sector, tends to repeat itself. Commodities are volatile assets; they are highly sensitive to changes in supply and demand. Historical volatility...
DAG: 5.02 (-0.08), UBN: 9.07 (+0.02), UBM: 15.44 (-0.33), JJP: 58.35 (+0.52), BDG: 16.53 (-0.60), TAGS: 33.05 (unch), UAG: 21.76 (-0.40), JJM: 26.40 (-0.43), BDD: 7.06 (-0.13), AGF: 13.86 (-0.02), RJZ: 8.06 (+0.03), ONG: 23.30 (unch), BLNG: 32.62 (unch), JJE: 9.07 (-0.50), JJA: 41.70 (-0.77), AGA: 24.07 (+0.50), DBE: 15.15 (-0.66), HEVY: 29.85 (-0.14), DBB: 15.47 (-0.09), RGRA: 19.83 (-0.02), DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), USMI: 19.76 (+0.08), ADZ: 29.00 (unch), BOM: 16.02 (+0.34), RGRE: 15.70 (-1.63), USAG: 22.37 (-0.20), GLTR: 63.53 (+0.67), RGRI: 22.57 (unch), BOS: 22.60 (unch), RJN: 3.46 (-0.17), RJA: 7.27 (-0.11), DIRT: 38.13 (-0.27), FUD: 22.61 (-0.08), RGRP: 17.00 (unch), DBP: 38.33 (+0.42), WITE: 34.59 (+0.27)
Dessert Bells Ring: Warren Buffett Eats At Distressed Buffets
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 23, 5:07AM CST
RTM: 83.44 (-0.52), XLB: 48.29 (-0.11), DAG: 5.02 (-0.08), BNO: 18.68 (-0.98), UYM: 48.23 (-0.32), UBN: 9.07 (+0.02), SBM: 25.94 (+0.26), JJP: 58.35 (+0.52), TAGS: 33.05 (unch), UAG: 21.76 (-0.40), FMAT: 27.18 (-0.06), AGF: 13.86 (-0.02), OIL: 10.47 (-0.65), MATL: 60.30 (-0.80), ONG: 23.30 (unch), BLNG: 32.62 (unch), JJE: 9.07 (-0.50), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20), JJA: 41.70 (-0.77), AGA: 24.07 (+0.50), USO: 17.41 (-0.87), DBE: 15.15 (-0.66), DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), RGRA: 19.83 (-0.02), IYM: 81.22 (-0.29), FXZ: 30.83 (-0.33), ADZ: 29.00 (unch), RGRE: 15.70 (-1.63), USAG: 22.37 (-0.20), GLTR: 63.53 (+0.67), RJN: 3.46 (-0.17), SMN: 30.47 (+0.26), RJA: 7.27 (-0.11), DIRT: 38.13 (-0.27), FUD: 22.61 (-0.08), RGRP: 17.00 (unch), DBP: 38.33 (+0.42), WITE: 34.59 (+0.27), BRK.B: 148.28 (-1.19), BRK.A: 222,424.44 (-2,250.56), VAW: 106.03 (-0.36)
Farmland Index Rebounds From All-Time Low
T. Marc Schober - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 22, 8:26AM CST
Rural bankers see a continued improvement in farmland values, after the farmland price index fell to its lowest level ever in October. The rural economy remained neutral with crop prices on the rise, but oil prices taking a plunge. The majority of...
AGA: 24.07 (+0.50), DAG: 5.02 (-0.08), DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), RGRA: 19.83 (-0.02), ADZ: 29.00 (unch), USAG: 22.37 (-0.20), RJA: 7.27 (-0.11), FUD: 22.61 (-0.08), DIRT: 38.13 (-0.27), UAG: 21.76 (-0.40), TAGS: 33.05 (unch), AGF: 13.86 (-0.02), JJA: 41.70 (-0.77)
Cuba: A New Customer For The U.S. Farmer
Andrew Hecht - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 22, 5:06AM CST
On Wednesday, December 17, United States President Barrack Obama announced a normalization of relations with Cuba. The island nation had been a pariah in the eyes of America since 1960, the days of President Kennedy. Mixed reviews met the...
AGA: 24.07 (+0.50), SGG: 37.72 (-0.57), JO: 32.40 (-0.98), BAL: 40.71 (-0.63), DAG: 5.02 (-0.08), RGRA: 19.83 (-0.02), DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), ADZ: 29.00 (unch), USAG: 22.37 (-0.20), JJN: 19.78 (-0.83), WEAT: 12.01 (-0.13), RJA: 7.27 (-0.11), SOYB: 20.55 (-0.64), DIRT: 38.13 (-0.27), FUD: 22.61 (-0.08), TAGS: 33.05 (unch), UAG: 21.76 (-0.40), CANE: 11.76 (-0.20), NINI: 26.44 (-0.56), AGF: 13.86 (-0.02), JJG: 38.02 (-0.54), CORN: 26.83 (+0.18), JJA: 41.70 (-0.77)
Cold Weather Or The Dollar - Which Is Most Important For Commodity Prices For The Rest Of 2014?
Andrew Hecht - Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 25, 5:06AM CST
It has been a very chilly start to the winter in the United States. Just ask the citizens of Western New York State, some of whom received over seven feet of snow in the last week. On November 1, less than 1% of the US had snow cover. This week snow...
DAG: 5.02 (-0.08), BNO: 18.68 (-0.98), SGAR: 27.20 (unch), UGA: 29.48 (-0.92), UBN: 9.07 (+0.02), CRUD: 26.94 (-0.43), CAFE: 21.36 (-0.82), SOYB: 20.55 (-0.64), DNO: 64.00 (+2.98), UGAZ: 3.44 (-0.62), BOIL: 14.38 (-1.71), ONG: 23.30 (unch), UHN: 19.45 (-0.54), DCNG: 22.43 (unch), COW: 29.21 (-0.20), DTO: 104.23 (+7.14), ADZ: 29.00 (unch), UUP: 24.38 (unch), RJN: 3.46 (-0.17), RJA: 7.27 (-0.11), CANE: 11.76 (-0.20), UBC: 22.89 (unch), DWTI: 181.01 (+23.40), GRU: 5.15 (-0.02), KOLD: 87.49 (+8.69), JO: 32.40 (-0.98), NAGS: 10.40 (-0.39), OLO: 6.98 (-0.35), UNG: 14.18 (-0.81), CHOC: 43.47 (+0.17), TAGS: 33.05 (unch), UAG: 21.76 (-0.40), DGAZ: 8.73 (+1.20), LSTK: 52.35 (+0.28), OIL: 10.47 (-0.65), AGF: 13.86 (-0.02), JJG: 38.02 (-0.54), GAZ: 2.00 (unch), UNL: 13.20 (-0.56), JJE: 9.07 (-0.50), OLEM: 22.28 (-0.40), JJA: 41.70 (-0.77), AGA: 24.07 (+0.50), SGG: 37.72 (-0.57), USO: 17.41 (-0.87), DBE: 15.15 (-0.66), UCO: 7.56 (-0.80), DBC: 17.34 (-0.39), DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), RGRA: 19.83 (-0.02), RGRE: 15.70 (-1.63), UWTI: 2.95 (-0.51), USAG: 22.37 (-0.20), SCO: 102.00 (+9.16), NIB: 38.18 (-0.27), DIRT: 38.13 (-0.27), FUD: 22.61 (-0.08), SZO: 69.50 (+3.37), DBO: 13.27 (-0.73), UDN: 23.33 (-0.01), USL: 23.59 (-0.95)
Farmers Fight Snow And Cold To Complete 2014 Harvest
T. Marc Schober - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 24, 5:36PM CST
Harvest progress was slowed this past week due to freezing temperatures and snow. Many analysts believe the acres left unharvested could remain in the field until spring. Although most farmers were able to complete their harvest, a significant amount...
WEAT: 12.01 (-0.13), SOYB: 20.55 (-0.64), DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), CORN: 26.83 (+0.18)
How Various Commodities Are Dealing With Grief And Loss (Of Value)
Andrew Hecht - Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 18, 5:01AM CST
Commodity prices have moved lower as a sector in 2014. A stronger dollar, weak economic conditions in Europe and slowing growth in China have resulted in lower prices for many raw materials. We have just come through a long cyclical period where...
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Despite Weather Conditions, Farmers Continue Harvest
T. Marc Schober - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 17, 8:40PM CST
Farmers with harvesting left to do will be working in a winter wonderland as snow has blanketed the Midwest for the past week. The weather will impact grain transportation as grain elevators report growing railway delays. Reports out of western...
WEAT: 12.01 (-0.13), SOYB: 20.55 (-0.64), DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), CORN: 26.83 (+0.18)
Agriculture Investors Set For Poor Harvest
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Wed Nov 12, 4:51AM CST
Three years of downbeat commodity prices have seen investors become increasingly disillusioned with agricultural resources - a trend that has continued this year amid fresh lows. Investing in commodities looked set to be a decent hedge against...
MOO: 52.67 (-0.04), DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), AGCO: 43.23 (+0.06), DE: 85.45 (-0.20)
Food prices trek higher
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Oct 22, 11:01AM CDT
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Farmers Unable To Close The Gap As Harvest Remains Delayed
T. Marc Schober - Seeking Alpha - Tue Oct 14, 5:26PM CDT
The gap between this year's reported harvest progress and the five-year average continues to widen. Wet weather continued to keep farmers at bay. Maturity in soybeans has caught up to the five-year average, while corn maturity is still behind....
WEAT: 12.01 (-0.13), SOYB: 20.55 (-0.64), DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), CORN: 26.83 (+0.18)
Is the Incredible Run in Coffee ETFs Finally Over? - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Mon Aug 18, 9:00AM CDT
Why coffee ETFs might be due for some trouble in the weeks ahead.
JO: 32.40 (-0.98), DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), CAFE: 21.36 (-0.82)
Watch for PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund to Potentially Rebound After Falling 1.40% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Aug 12, 5:28PM CDT
PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (NYSE
BA) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $26.03 to a high of $26.28. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.4%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $26.11 on volume of 695,000 shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion. DBA: 24.66 (-0.18)
PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund Set to Possibly Rebound After Yesterday's Selloff of 1.40%
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Aug 12, 5:28PM CDT
PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (NYSE
BA) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $26.03 to a high of $26.28. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.4%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $26.11 on volume of 695,000 shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion. DBA: 24.66 (-0.18)
Russian Food Import Ban Takes a Bite Out of These Agricultural ETFs - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - ZACKS - Mon Aug 11, 11:00AM CDT
Watch these commodity ETFs after Russia announced a food import ban from the West.
DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), COW: 29.21 (-0.20), JJS: 39.55 (-0.77), JJA: 41.70 (-0.77)
