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Cattle Showing Mixed Trade on Monday

Live cattle futures are showing 10 to 45 cent gains so far on Monday. Cash was picked up last week at $403 dressed in the north, with live trade at $255-256. Southern trade was $255. Feeder cattle futures are down 42 cents to $1.02 in the front months at midday....

Hogs Posting Mixed Action on Monday

Lean hog futures are mixed at midday, with contracts down 57 cents to 70 cents higher at midday. USDA’s national base hog price was not reported on Monday morning due to thin trade. The CME Lean Hog Index was back up 19 cents on July 1 at $91.67. USDA’s pork...

Crude Oil Slides Amid Increasing Crude Oil Flow, OPEC+ Output Hike Plans

(RTTNews) - Crude oil prices have inched higher on Monday as oil tanker traffic across the Strait of Hormuz increased gradually while the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed to increase output. Tension due to differences between the U.S. and Iran despite a ceasef

Trump Accounts are live. Here's how some families plan to use them

As Trump Accounts launch, millions of parents are figuring out how the new investment accounts fit with their family's financial goals.

Here's how SpaceX's Nasdaq-100 inclusion might affect options pricing

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About half-a-million SpaceX options traded by midday Monday, a little below the average since inception.

Weakness in the Brazilian Real Supports Sugar Prices

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV26 ) today is up +0.32 (+2.15%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ26 ) is up +0.20 (+0.04%). Sugar prices are moving higher today. Sugar garnered support today from a rally in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL ) to a 2-week high, which discourages...

Crude Oil Prices Recover as the Crack Spread Soars

August WTI crude oil (CLQ26 ) today is up +0.23 (+0.33%), and August RBOB gasoline (RBQ26 ) is up +0.1010 (+3.46%). Crude oil and gasoline prices erased early losses and moved higher today, with gasoline posting a 3-week high. Short covering emerged in crude oil prices today after the crude...

Heavy West African Rains Push Cocoa Prices Sharply Higher

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU26 ) today is up +676 (+13.42%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU26 ) is up +460 (+12.23%). Cocoa prices are surging today, with NY cocoa posting a 5.75-month high and London cocoa posting a 6-month high, as concerns about West African weather have fueled...

Coffee Prices Surge as Brazil’s Harvest is Delayed

September arabica coffee (KCU26 ) today is up +29.30 (+9.73%), and September ICE robusta coffee (RMU26 ) is up +208 (+5.50%). Coffee prices are soaring today, hitting 5-month highs amid a delayed coffee harvest in Brazil. Safras & Mercado reported today that Brazil’s 2026/27 coffee harvest is 52% complete as...

Low volatility stocks like insurers and REITs are suddenly turning into market leaders, Katie Stockton says

An ETF tied to low volatility stocks is benefiting from a broadening in market leadership and participation.