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Last Business Day of the Month
US Economic Releases Thursday 30th April 08:30 AM ET Weekly Jobless Claims, Employment Cost Index, Weekly Export Sales, Personal Income...

Pete
Apr 30, 20201 min read
Some News That Has Moved Things
An Executive Order was signed yesterday to keep meat and poultry processing plants open. The USDA will continue to work with the CDC,...

Pete
Apr 29, 20201 min read


Market Madness
General Central banks and earnings are the primary focus through month end. With Fed and ECB in the mix, I'm reminded the real outcome of...

Erik T. Long
Apr 29, 20202 min read


Commodity Ban in China
China's ICBC Closes Commodity-Linked Products to New Investments: Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has suspended access for...

Erik T. Long
Apr 28, 20201 min read
Interesting Ag Markets
A very interesting day in the Hogs. They gapped open about $1.78 cwt and ran up on expanded limits only to come off and fill the AM gap....

Pete
Apr 28, 20201 min read
Really Busy Day
US Economic Releases Tuesday 28th, April AM ET FOMC 08:30 AM ET International Trade 08:55 AM ET Redbook 09:00 AM ET S&P Corelogic ...

Pete
Apr 28, 20201 min read


Beat the Beast: Remdesivir - The New Corona Killer?
An interesting article on COVID-19 treatments by Nell Sloane. Why Investors Are Hanging So Much Hope on Remdesivir: More than 20 publicly...

Erik T. Long
Apr 27, 20201 min read


The Weekly Horizon - Economy Poised to Reopen
General Central banks are back in focus this week. Last night the BOJ increased purchases of corporate debt and removed caps on sovereign...

Erik T. Long
Apr 27, 20202 min read
Some Optimism Ahead
I am sure you have heard by now... some states are moving forward cautiously. Since common sense is not a down loadable app. I hope...

Pete
Apr 27, 20201 min read


Hey, Hey, Hey...What's Happening?
General Overnight action was relatively muted with a rarely seen (of late) two-sided overnight trade. Looking back to Easter Weekend,...

Erik T. Long
Apr 24, 20202 min read
have A good weekend... But First!!!
US Economic Releases Friday24rthApril *08:30 AM ET Durable Goods **10:00 AM ET U.S. Consumer Sentiment 01:00 PM ET U.S. Baker-Hughes ...

Pete
Apr 24, 20201 min read
Whole Lot of Stuff Going ON
US Economic Releases Thursday 23rd April 08:30 AM ET Weekly Jobless Claims, Export Sales 10:00 AM ET U.S. New Home Sales 10:30 AM ET...

Pete
Apr 23, 20201 min read


What...Negative Oil Prices! How Does an Oil Well Work Backwards?
Here is a great article and explanation from my colleague Nell Sloane about negative oil prices. - Erik Long Negative Energy Prices for...

Erik T. Long
Apr 21, 20204 min read
Well... What's Next?
08:55 AM ET U.S. Redbook 10:00 AM ET U.S. Existing Home Sales 11:00 PM ET U.S. 4 Week Bill Announcement 11:30 PM ET U.S. 52 Week Bill...

Pete
Apr 21, 20201 min read
Just When You Thought You Had Seen It All
I thought I had when I reported on crude at mid-day, a 35% drop overnight? Well I certainly was wrong. Negative futures pricing on a...

Pete
Apr 21, 20201 min read
They're All Talking About It
I want to take an opportunity to opine. There seems to be much debate over when and / or how the U.S. will open again, and rightfully so....

Pete
Apr 20, 20202 min read
Good Morning!!!
US Economic Releases Monday 20th April 08:30 AM ET U.S. Chicago fed National Activity Index 11:00 AM ET U.S. Export Inspections 11:30...

Pete
Apr 20, 20201 min read
Bored? This is interesting
I really like watching and trading Interest Rate Futures and was very excited when a 20 year listing may be in the near future. This link...

Pete
Apr 19, 20201 min read
USDA Announces Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
This Link will bring you to the USDA Press Release https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2020/04/17/usda-announces-coronavirus-food-a...

Pete
Apr 18, 20201 min read
Not Much This Friday
US Economic Releases Friday 17th April 09:00 AM ET U.S. St Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard Speech 10:00 AM ET U.S. Leading...

Pete
Apr 17, 20201 min read
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