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Coming back from the weekend markets have a calmer opening as compared with Friday’s explosion to the upside in beans. The explosion, as I put out on Twitter, was completely based on rumors of fresh Chinese demand for beans off the PNW. Though we have seen only partial confirmation this...

Coming back from the weekend I see negative macro factors adding momentum to bearish weekend weather. The trade is fading due to good weekend rains in MN, IA and throughout the Midwest and a lack of fresh demand from China or anyone else for that matter. Weak crude markets and a strong USD make...

Thursday saw another round of excited buying in corn and beans with wheat actually not losing ground. Old/New bean spreads exploded, corn spreads folded and front end meal spreads bent bearish. It was another messy session with a strong upside bias noted. The bean strength comes from Chinese...

On Friday traders saw a wild session. Old crop corn hit and closed limit higher in May alone. Old/new corn spreads blow up, and old/new bean spreads weakened on the rally. New crop beans gained on low acreage expectations, wheat gained on short covering and meal spreads spoke bearish. What a...

The Grains Review & Special Prospective Plantings Forecast Giveaway For the week of March 26, 2012 By Matthew Pierce Coming back from the weekend, bullish sentiment in beans remains the biggest story. Spreads continue to point higher with SN-X moving over 50-cents overnight. CN-Z...

Friday saw a very messy session with the WASDE report offering nothing bullish allowing the trade to open flat versus Thursday’s settle. Beans tried the downside briefly before news of Chinese buying corn hit the wires. This blew up all three markets even though the talk was completely...

On Friday markets saw a very messy trade. Early weakness in corn and wheat was erased as both followed beans to the upside. On the close, wheat popped to daily highs as positive floor momentum and strength in KC and Minny helped support the trade. This feels more like short covering (backed up...

Special Recap: An Excerpt from Matt's Premium Daily Wire from Friday featuring analysis of the USDA Numbers. The trade is digesting USDA numbers as they come out with the acreage released before the opening offering wheat a reason to move lower. 58 million acres will only add to burdensome...

Coming back from the weekend I see a higher start to the week with momentum from the Euro and crude helping more than internal sentiment. The biggest factor here is the Greek austerity vote passing. Glad to see a vote without the agreement of a rioting populace helps European outlooks. This is a...

Coming back from Super Bowl weekend traders have nothing exciting beside the impending Greek debt default. This coupled to crude breaking hard should have agricultural markets on the defensive in spite of fading positive momentum from the overnight trade. All eyes are on European debt and the...

The Grains Review For the week of January 3, 2012 By Matthew Pierce Coming back from the New Year holiday break the market looks at a higher move based on the following factors. First, the Euro is holding ground against the USD sitting just over $1.30 to start the week. Sentiment towards...

The Financials Review For the week of December 19, 2011 By Frank LaMantia Stocks are up in the premarket due to European officials discussing a draft of a new fiscal policy which could be applied in January. Europe also agreed to put up over $150 million euros to the IMF to give more...

The Financials Review For the week of December 12, 2011 By Frank LaMantia Apparently, there is a lack of enthusiasm for stocks today due to investor worries about the new pact in Europe. The new fiscal policy calls for a bailout fund in 2012 that will cost $267 billion for countries in...

The Grains Review For the week of December 5, 2011 By Matthew Pierce Coming back from the weekend I see a trade still paralyzed by the continued debt issues in Europe with PMI data suggesting a continued and serious contraction. The US debt situation is little better with the Democrats...

The Grains Review For the week of November 28, 2011 By Matthew Pierce Coming back from the holiday week it’s all good again. There is no real change on the fundamental front with demand quietly there for both corn and beans domestically and internationally. Something to watch today is...

The Financials Review For the week of November 21, 2011 By Frank LaMantia Last week saw stocks finish flat and looking somewhat bored. Europe continued to lose momentum due to a lack of buying. The S&P was somewhat limited due to its resistance of 1225 and did hit a weekly low around...

The Financials Review For the week of November 14, 2011 By Frank LaMantia Bank of America and other banks have been shying away from charging debit card fees. The problem is new fees are emerging for replacing lost debit cards, depositing money on mobile phone, wire transfers, etc...

The Financials Review For the week of November 7, 2011 By Frank LaMantia Italy is seeing negative press this morning as the crisis takes aim at them. Italian bonds have reached their highest since 1997. The Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has until tomorrow to win over members of...

The Financials Review For the week of October 31, 2011 By Frank LaMantia MF Global seems to be on its last leg as the Federal Reserve suspended any business that the company can perform. Shares have been halted and Interactive Brokers may bid in a supervised auction. MF Global may see...

The Financials Review For the week of October 24, 2011 By Frank LaMantia Some experts think the U.S. may see another downgrade in its rating. This could bring the bears running to sell in the near future. The market has had a nice rally over the past few weeks even though the risk of...