Nov 20 (Reuters) - CME live cattle futures traded higher on Wednesday on short-covering after recent market losses, traders said.
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CME live cattle futures gain on short-covering
CME live cattle futures fall on profit-taking
Nov 18 (Reuters) - CME live cattle futures dropped on Monday pressured by profit-taking after higher cash prices last week, traders said.
CME live cattle futures gain on cash price expectations
Nov 14 (Reuters) - CME live cattle futures edged up on Thursday in anticipation of cash trading at a minimum of steady, compared with last week, traders said.
CWB retirees keep indexed pensions
No matter what happens to revamped Canadian Wheat Board, its retired employees will still receive indexed pensions. The federal government gave $348 million last year to cover CWB’s “legacy liabilities,” including pensions and pensioners’ benefits. Some of those funds were used to purchase a $150-million indexed group annuity buy-in from Sun Life Financial, the CWB
Glencore founder dies in Switzerland
Billionaire Marc Rich, who invented oil trading and was pardoned by President Bill Clinton over tax evasion, racketeering and busting sanctions with Iran, died June 26 in Switzerland aged 78. Rich fled the Holocaust with his parents for America to become the most successful and controversial trader of his time and a fugitive from U.S.
LIVESTOCK-Most U.S. hogs futures gain as funds roll positions
* Weak cash expectations drop CME live cattle * Feeder cattle futures track live cattle lower By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, May 7 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures settled mostly firm on Tuesday as funds sold the spot-June contract and bought deferred months as dictated by the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index roll. Funds that
A sample options strategy for soybeans
We recently had the privilege of co-presenting with the CME Group at their CBOT Grain Options Workshop during the annual Wild Oats Grainworld conference in Winnipeg. Here’s an overview of that event including what is risk, what is risk management and a straightforward strategy you can use to protect yourself against falling grain prices. What
April live cattle futures post new contract low in first quarter of 2013
A drop of $13 per hwt is a classic example of the market topping out when the news is the most bullish
Live cattle prices have been under pressure since peaking in December amid bullish headlines and news that took prices to historic highs. Cattle and calves in the United States according to USDA estimates as of January 1, 2013 totalled 89.3 million head, which is two per cent below the 90.8-million figure recorded a year earlier.CME pares back grain trading hours
CME Group Inc. said March 5 that it plans to pare its nearly non-stop trading cycle for grains and oilseeds to 17-1/2 hours per session after traders complained a move to extend activity had hurt liquidity. CME, owner of the Chicago Board of Trade, sought to shorten the trading day less than a year after
Exchanges duke it out over Canadian wheat futures market
After decades of marketing wheat through the Canadian Wheat Board’s single desk, the western Canadian grain sector is still working out the best way to hedge the commodity seven months into the new open market. Representatives of the CME Group, Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX), and ICE Futures Canada were all on hand at the annual
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