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Wheat Extending Gains as the Crop Deteriorates

Wheat is showing 4 to 7 cent gains early on Tuesday. The wheat market was sharply higher across all three exchanges on Monday, following a White House fact sheet release over the weekend. Chicago SRW futures were 17 ¾ to 28 ¾ cents higher across the board. New buying interest...

Corn Extending Buying to Tuesday Morning

Corn prices are up ½ to 1 ¼ cents so far on Tuesday morning trade. Futures were in rally mode on Monday, as contracts closed 14 ½ to 21 ¼ cents higher across most 26/27 contracts. Open interest suggested some modest short covering, down 12,278 contracts on Monday, mainly in...

Cotton Falling Back to Start Turnaround Tuesday Trade

Cotton price action is 68 to 110 points lower so far on Tuesday morning. Futures closed the Monday session with contracts 110 to 309 points higher on the day. The US dollar index was $0.298 lower at $98.91. Crude oil was up $1.83 at $107.25 on the day. Much of...

Ex-Div Reminder for Valero Energy (VLO)

VLO, CRAK

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 5/21/26, Valero Energy Corp (Symbol: VLO) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $1.20, payable on 6/23/26. As a percentage of VLO's recent stock price of $256.00, this dividend works out to appro

Reminder - Autoliv (ALV) Goes Ex-Dividend Soon

ALV, IDRV

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 5/20/26, Autoliv Inc (Symbol: ALV) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.87, payable on 6/8/26. As a percentage of ALV's recent stock price of $113.55, this dividend works out to approximately

S&P 500 Movers: HCA, NOW

HCA, NOW, DG, FICO

In early trading on Tuesday, shares of ServiceNow topped the list of the day's best performing components of the S&P 500 index, trading up 4.2%. Year to date, ServiceNow has lost about 29.7% of its value. And the worst performing S&P 500 component thus far on the day i

Snag This Deal Even Lower Than Director Savoy Did

FLS, GLRY

There's an old saying on Wall Street about insider buying: there are many possible reasons to sell a stock, but only one reason to buy. Back on May 14, Flowserve Corp's Director, Brian D. Savoy, invested $67,340.00 into 1,000 shares of FLS, for a cost per share of $67.34. Barga

Cattle Look to Tuesday After Monday Weakness

Live cattle futures ended the Monday session with contracts down 52 cents to $1.15. Open interest suggested a rotation of ownership, up just 1,427 contracts. Cash trade was mostly $260-265 in the South last week, with northern trade at $408-415 dressed and up to $265 live. Feeder cattle futures were...

LPLA Ex-Dividend Reminder - 5/21/26

LPLA, FDIQ

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 5/21/26, Lpl Financial Holdings Inc (Symbol: LPLA) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.30, payable on 6/4/26. As a percentage of LPLA's recent stock price of $293.15, this dividend works out

Michael Burry adds to beaten-down stocks while warning of echoes of dot-com bubble

The latest moves come as Burry has grown increasingly vocal about what he sees as speculative excesses tied to artificial intelligence.