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Cotton Posting Midday Wednesday Gains

Cotton futures are trading with gains of 44 to 100 points so far on the Wednesday session. Crude oil is up another $2.06 per barrel, with the US dollar index down 0.036. The Cotlook A Index was up 35 points on 7/20 at 88.00 cents. ICE certified cotton stocks were...

Soybeans Posting Midweek Gains

Soybeans are posting strength on Tuesday, with contracts 12 to 13 cents higher in the front months. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is up 13 ¼ cents at $11.84. Soymeal futures are $5.50 to $6.20 higher, with Soy Oil futures rallying 100 to 110 points. Weekly Export Sales...

Hogs Extending Climb to Wednesday’s Midday

Lean hog futures are posting modest Wednesday gains of 2 to 70 cents. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $101.04 Wednesday morning, up $2.91 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was 48 cents higher on July 20 at $96.64. USDA’s pork carcass cutout value was...

Corn Rallying at Midday

Corn futures are trading with 7 to 9 cent gains at midday, with spillover support from wheat. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is up 8 1/2 cents at $4.30 3/4. EIA’s weekly Petroleum Status Report showed ethanol production back up 54,000 bpd in the week of 7/17 after...

Dow Analyst Moves: SHW

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The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the 30 stocks making up the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Sherwin-Williams is the #11 analyst pick. Sherwin-Williams also comes in above the median of analyst picks among the broader S&P 5

Wednesday's ETF with Unusual Volume: GMOI

GMOI, ERIC, EQNR, OTEX

The GMO International Value ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Wednesday, with over 826,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 53,000. Shares of GMOI were up about 0.7% on the day. Components of that ETF with the highest volume on We

Wednesday's ETF Movers: GDXJ, IGV

NG, NFGC, PEGA, PATH, IGV, GDXJ

In trading on Wednesday, the VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 3.8% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Novagold Resources, up about 12.7% and shares of New Found Gold, up about 6.3% on the day. And

U.S. Secret Service official: 'Threat environment is the highest we've ever seen'

The Secret Service has seen a 40% increase this year in cases involving threats to protectees, include President Donald Trump.

Sugar Prices Tumble as India’s Monsoon Rains Improve

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV26 ) today is down -0.19 (-1.28%), and October London ICE white sugar #5 (SWV26 ) is down -5.20 (-1.11%). Sugar prices are under pressure today as India’s monsoon rains continue to improve. India’s Meteorological Department reported today that India’s cumulative monsoon rainfall was 19%...

YieldBoost FMC To 12.7% Using Options

FMC

Shareholders of FMC Corp. (Symbol: FMC) looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 2.7% annualized dividend yield can sell the January 2028 covered call at the $20 strike and collect the premium based on the $1.80 bid, which annualizes to an additional 10% rate of return a