Farm Prices index +3.1% in February
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 30, 2:12PM CDT
AGA: 28.88 (+1.30), DAG: 4.17 (-0.09), DBA: 22.14 (-0.20), RGRA: 18.11 (-0.15), ADZ: 33.50 (unch), USAG: 20.27 (-0.22), RJA: 6.77 (-0.09), FUD: 20.04 (-0.34), DIRT: 34.94 (-0.69), UAG: 19.89 (-0.14), TAGS: 28.21 (unch), AGF: 12.35 (unch), JJA: 37.76 (-0.72)
PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund Has Returned 11.9% Since SmarTrend Recommendation (DBA)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon Mar 16, 10:06AM CDT
SmarTrend identified a Downtrend for PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (NYSE
DBA: 22.14 (-0.20)
End Of Commodity Supercycle Puts Pressure On U.S. Agriculture
Global Risk Insights - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 10, 7:27AM CDT
With profit margins shrinking, American agriculture faces risk management challenges. One approach would be to make a priority of managing margin risk. The boom of the commodity supercycle is over, at least as far as agricultural products are...
AGA: 28.88 (+1.30), DBC: 17.07 (-0.20), DAG: 4.17 (-0.09), DEE: 61.50 (unch), USCI: 44.92 (-0.43), CMDT: 39.96 (-0.36), DBA: 22.14 (-0.20), RGRA: 18.11 (-0.15), DYY: 4.05 (-0.02), RGRC: 17.84 (+0.01), ADZ: 33.50 (unch), USAG: 20.27 (-0.22), COMT: 38.26 (-0.52), RJA: 6.77 (-0.09), DIRT: 34.94 (-0.69), FTGC: 24.08 (-0.09), FUD: 20.04 (-0.34), DDP: 45.00 (-1.00), TAGS: 28.21 (unch), UAG: 19.89 (-0.14), SBV: 27.97 (unch), AGF: 12.35 (unch), PDBC: 19.75 (-0.38), DPU: 11.40 (-0.04), BCM: 30.40 (-0.54), JJA: 37.76 (-0.72)
PowerShares reopens creations for 11 ETFs
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 26, 12:51PM CST
DBE: 15.88 (-0.16), DBB: 15.16 (-0.22), DBS: 26.69 (-0.15), DBC: 17.07 (-0.20), DBA: 22.14 (-0.20), DBP: 36.93 (-0.08), DBO: 13.49 (-0.15), IVZ: 39.69 (-0.31), DGL: 39.05 (-0.05), UDN: 21.49 (-0.08), UUP: 25.90 (+0.04), DBV: 24.81 (unch)
PowerShares temporarily suspends creations on 11 ETFs
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 25, 11:39AM CST
DBE: 15.88 (-0.16), DBB: 15.16 (-0.22), DBS: 26.69 (-0.15), DBC: 17.07 (-0.20), DBA: 22.14 (-0.20), DBP: 36.93 (-0.08), DBO: 13.49 (-0.15), IVZ: 39.69 (-0.31), DGL: 39.05 (-0.05), UDN: 21.49 (-0.08), UUP: 25.90 (+0.04), DBV: 24.81 (unch)
Beef Versus Pork: A Big Divergence
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 23, 5:00AM CST
DBC: 17.07 (-0.20), DBA: 22.14 (-0.20), COW: 27.01 (unch), LSTK: 49.57 (+0.50), UBC: 21.16 (+0.19), HRL: 56.85 (-0.51)
Record Setting Production Helps Keep Farmland Values Stable
T. Marc Schober - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 17, 8:44AM CST
Farmland values in the upper Midwest remained stable through the fourth quarter as record breaking yields partially offset declining grain prices. The Seventh Federal Reserve District released their fourth quarter assessment of farmland values and...
AGA: 28.88 (+1.30), DAG: 4.17 (-0.09), DBA: 22.14 (-0.20), RGRA: 18.11 (-0.15), ADZ: 33.50 (unch), USAG: 20.27 (-0.22), RJA: 6.77 (-0.09), FUD: 20.04 (-0.34), DIRT: 34.94 (-0.69), UAG: 19.89 (-0.14), TAGS: 28.21 (unch), AGF: 12.35 (unch), JJA: 37.76 (-0.72)
Strong U.S. Dollar Headwind For Farmers
T. Marc Schober - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 02, 5:55PM CST
Grain prices declined throughout January, primarily due to the large South American crop soon becoming available for export. China cancelled 570,000 metric tons of U.S. soybean orders within the last three weeks, according to the USDA, in favor of...
WEAT: 10.93 (-0.42), SOYB: 19.63 (+0.13), DBA: 22.14 (-0.20), CORN: 24.74 (-1.17)
The Bull In Winter
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 01, 12:05AM CST
DBE: 15.88 (-0.16), DBB: 15.16 (-0.22), DBC: 17.07 (-0.20), DBA: 22.14 (-0.20), XLU: 44.43 (+0.01), UUP: 25.90 (+0.04), EWJ: 12.53 (-0.25), EEM: 40.13 (-0.09), XLP: 48.74 (-0.46), IWD: 103.08 (-0.79), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), GLD: 113.66 (-0.09), EFA: 64.17 (-1.01), SLV: 15.93 (-0.05), ACWX: 44.70 (-0.52), FXI: 44.40 (-0.34), SDY: 78.20 (-0.45)
Managing Volatility, Earnings And Why Agriculture?
Individual Trader - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 29, 8:16AM CST
MOO: 53.60 (-0.49), DBA: 22.14 (-0.20), PG: 81.94 (-0.78), CAT: 80.03 (-1.34), MSFT: 40.65 (-0.31), UPS: 96.94 (-0.33)
Adding The Agriculture ETF And A Portfolio Update
Individual Trader - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 27, 3:49PM CST
AXP: 78.12 (+0.07), MOO: 53.60 (-0.49), DBA: 22.14 (-0.20), BND: 83.37 (+0.09)
'Fast Money' Recap: Friday Was a Relief but Europe Could Roil Markets Next Week
at The Street - Sat Jan 17, 4:00AM CST
The trading panel discussed commodities, gold and what any European Central Bank action will do to U.S. markets.
DBA: 22.14 (-0.20), KBH: 15.62 (-0.04), GDX: 18.24 (-0.23), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), ITUB: 11.06 (+0.28)
International Economic Week In Review: Commodity Sell-Off Is A Supply And Demand Problem
Hale Stewart - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 16, 5:22PM CST
While oil's precipitous price drop has garnered most of the headlines, the rest of the commodities complex has also been under selling pressure. The DBAs - the US traded ETF that tracks agricultural commodities - are nearing the 0% gain level for the...
USO: 16.84 (-0.39), DBA: 22.14 (-0.20)
Weekly ETF Gainers / Losers
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 16, 3:17PM CST
DBA: 22.14 (-0.20), XHB: 36.86 (+0.01), VXX: 25.63 (+0.67), PSLV: 6.47 (-0.03), URA: 10.29 (-0.02), SIVR: 16.36 (-0.08), KOL: 13.28 (-0.10), SLV: 15.93 (-0.05), REMX: 25.03 (-0.15), GDX: 18.24 (-0.23)
Live Long And Prosper: The Beauty Of Low-Cost Production
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 13, 5:05AM CST
DAG: 4.17 (-0.09), OLO: 6.90 (-0.10), BNO: 20.50 (-0.43), TAGS: 28.21 (unch), UAG: 19.89 (-0.14), BHP: 46.47 (-0.71), DNO: 61.89 (+1.41), OIL: 10.05 (-0.22), AGF: 12.35 (unch), OLEM: 22.45 (-1.24), RIO: 41.40 (-0.97), JJC: 32.84 (-0.58), JJA: 37.76 (-0.72), AGA: 28.88 (+1.30), USO: 16.84 (-0.39), UCO: 6.79 (-0.33), DBA: 22.14 (-0.20), RGRA: 18.11 (-0.15), DTO: 111.00 (+3.98), ADZ: 33.50 (unch), USAG: 20.27 (-0.22), UWTI: 2.20 (-0.14), CUPM: 30.78 (-0.24), SCO: 87.14 (+3.68), RJA: 6.77 (-0.09), DIRT: 34.94 (-0.69), FUD: 20.04 (-0.34), CPER: 18.59 (-0.21), SZO: 71.75 (+1.75), DBO: 13.49 (-0.15), DWTI: 133.30 (+8.40), USL: 23.90 (-0.38)
The Commodities Crash Playbook: A Long Overdue Rewrite And Revision
Dr. Duru - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 12:31PM CST
JOY: 39.18 (-0.62), SGG: 30.24 (+0.21), CCJ: 13.93 (-0.10), BAL: 42.90 (+0.59), JO: 23.25 (-0.10), DBA: 22.14 (-0.20), FXA: 76.28 (-0.24), STX: 52.03 (-1.05), RJI: 5.82 (-0.09), REMX: 25.03 (-0.15), UUP: 25.90 (+0.04), GSG: 19.50 (-0.24), RJA: 6.77 (-0.09), EEM: 40.13 (-0.09), NIB: 34.92 (+0.25), ERY: 20.24 (+0.47), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), DE: 87.69 (-0.92), CORN: 24.74 (-1.17), CAT: 80.03 (-1.34), XLE: 77.58 (-0.46)
Grains: Fourth Quarter Review And The Outlook For 2015
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 5:25AM CST
AGA: 28.88 (+1.30), WEAT: 10.93 (-0.42), RJA: 6.77 (-0.09), SOYB: 19.63 (+0.13), BG: 82.36 (+0.56), DAG: 4.17 (-0.09), ADM: 47.40 (-0.02), MOO: 53.60 (-0.49), DBA: 22.14 (-0.20), JJG: 35.28 (-1.01), CORN: 24.74 (-1.17)
Farm Prices index +1% in December
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 30, 2:08PM CST
AGA: 28.88 (+1.30), DAG: 4.17 (-0.09), DBA: 22.14 (-0.20), RGRA: 18.11 (-0.15), ADZ: 33.50 (unch), USAG: 20.27 (-0.22), RJA: 6.77 (-0.09), FUD: 20.04 (-0.34), DIRT: 34.94 (-0.69), UAG: 19.89 (-0.14), TAGS: 28.21 (unch), AGF: 12.35 (unch), JJA: 37.76 (-0.72)
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: 4.17 (-0.09), UBN: 9.21 (+0.02), UBM: 15.15 (-0.23), JJP: 56.64 (unch), BDG: 16.15 (unch), TAGS: 28.21 (unch), UAG: 19.89 (-0.14), JJM: 25.52 (-0.40), BDD: 6.95 (unch), AGF: 12.35 (unch), RJZ: 7.79 (-0.08), ONG: 23.42 (-0.33), BLNG: 32.42 (unch), JJE: 9.26 (-0.07), JJA: 37.76 (-0.72), AGA: 28.88 (+1.30), DBE: 15.88 (-0.16), HEVY: 28.50 (unch), DBB: 15.16 (-0.22), RGRA: 18.11 (-0.15), DBA: 22.14 (-0.20), USMI: 18.40 (-0.46), ADZ: 33.50 (unch), BOM: 16.00 (-0.91), RGRE: 16.03 (unch), USAG: 20.27 (-0.22), GLTR: 61.10 (+0.01), RGRI: 20.94 (+0.42), BOS: 23.44 (unch), RJN: 3.54 (-0.05), RJA: 6.77 (-0.09), DIRT: 34.94 (-0.69), FUD: 20.04 (-0.34), RGRP: 17.14 (+0.43), DBP: 36.93 (-0.08), WITE: 33.12 (-0.41)