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Cattle Look to New Week After Hitting New Highs

Live cattle futures closed with contracts 27 cents to $2 higher at the close, as April was up $5.57 for the week. Cash trade saw some light trade at $246 in the South early last week with some northern action near $250 on Friday. Feeder cattle futures posted gains of...

Cotton Trading with Monday AM Gains

Cotton price action is up 14 to 25 points early on Monday. Futures saw mixed trade on Friday, as contracts were 7 points lower to 10 points higher. May was up 230 points on the week. The US dollar index was $0.104 lower at $98.485. Crude oil is back up...

Soybeans Holding Near Unchanged on Monday Morning

Soybeans are trading with front months down 1 to 2 cents, with deferred contracts up 1 1/2 cents. Futures closed the Friday session with contracts 5 to 10 ½ cents higher, as meal took control. May was up 12 ¼ cents on the week, with November up 3 3/4 cents....

Hogs Look to Monday Trade

Lean hog futures posted losses of 37 to 60 cent losses in most contracts on Friday, as April was an exception, up a nickel. June was down 75 cents on the week. Open interest was up 1,757 contracts on Friday, suggesting marginal new selling. USDA’s national base hog price was...

40% of Americans feel homeownership is impossible. These 3 mortgage tools can help make it happen

Homeownership feels unaffordable for many but certain mortgage products can help make it possible.

Judge dismisses Trump defamation lawsuit against Murdoch, WSJ about Epstein letter

President Donald Trump has denied sending a bawdy 50th birthday letter to his then-friend Jeffrey Epstein at the request of Ghislaine Maxwell.

Amazon shares have been on fire lately. Now we know why

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The e-commerce and web services platform surged on confidence that its Trainium chips helped train Anthropic's powerful new Mythos AI model.

After Plunging 15.0% in 4 Weeks, Here's Why the Trend Might Reverse for Workiva (WK)

The heavy selling pressure might have exhausted for Workiva (WK) as it is technically in oversold territory now. In addition to this technical measure, strong agreement among Wall Street analysts in revising earnings estimates higher indicates that the stock is ripe for a trend reversal.

This "Do Nothing" Portfolio Move Pays 8.3% (and Lets Us Sleep at Night)

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The ever-evolving situation in the Middle East has left a lot of uncertainty in the air. But in unpredictable times like these, the best move is often simply this: stay the course.

JPMorgan trading desk is bullish despite failed Iran talks

Stocks are set up to do well near term despite U.S.-Iran talks failing over the weekend, according to JPMorgan traders.