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Local investment can pay off

By Bruce Stewart August 10, 2012

Canadians may not have to face some of the dangers others in the world are dealing with directly, but there’s still good reason to be nervous. After all, Bernie Madoff drained the accounts of his Canadian holders — including some of our most prominent institutions. If the shenanigans at Jon Corzine’s MF Global or at

News, Opinion

Futures industry shaken as another broker goes bankrupt

By P.J. Huffstutter, Tom Polansek July 21, 2012

Reuters / Russell Wasendorf Sr., arrested last Friday, confessed to a 20-year fraud at Peregrine Financial Group (PFG), his now-bankrupt Iowa brokerage, saying business troubles and his “big” ego left him no choice: “So I cheated.” In the dramatic conclusion to a week-long saga that has shaken trader confidence in the trillion-dollar U.S. futures markets,

Crops, Grain Markets, News

CBOT, grain traders face off in court

July 12, 2012

chicago / reuters / CME Group faced off with a group of traders in Federal Court June 26 over new rules for settling end-of-day grain prices that the traders fear will put them out of business. The traders, who work in the open-outcry pits at CME’s Chicago Board of Trade, are fighting to preserve a

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

Spring wheat posts its highest price of open-market era

By David Drozd July 12, 2012

Watch for rising wedges in bear markets and falling wedges in bull markets, where they are most apt to occur

Red spring wheat grading No. 1 13.5 per cent protein reached $8 per bushel for the 2012-13 crop year. This is the highest price farmers have been able to lock in, since the open-market era was announced in mid-December 2011. True to form, wheat prices began their seasonal turn higher, just as the U.S. winter

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

New player in deregulated market

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 30, 2012

A Southeast Asian agri-food processor and a U.S. commodity trading firm are pairing up to enter the deregulated Prairie grain and oilseed supply chain. Singapore-based Olam International and Kansas City’s Lansing Trade Group have announced a new 50-50 joint venture, Lansing Olam Canada, to “originate and merchandise Canadian grains and oilseeds.” The two companies said

Cereals, News

A classic head and shoulders confirmed downturn

By David Drozd June 8, 2012

To those less familiar with charting and technical analysis, the recent drop in oat prices may have come as a bit of a surprise. What I have found in my 30 years’ experience, is that even though the oat futures market has a relatively small amount of open interest compared to actively traded commodities such

Cereals, News

Viterra shareholders back Glencore

By Scott Haggett And Rod Nickel June 8, 2012

Reuters / Shareholders of Canada’s largest grain handler, Viterra Inc., voted overwhelmingly May 29 in favour of a friendly takeover bid by Swiss commodities trader Glencore International Plc., pushing the biggest deal in years for the global agricultural sector closer to reality. The deal was supported by 99.8 per cent of shareholders, far more than

Opinion

Ticket to unparalleled heartburn

By Alan Guebert June 5, 2012

Since you speak English as well as anyone, perhaps you understand the working paragraph of a May 19 Washington Post column that explains the trading strategy employed by JP Morgan Chase & Co. to, ah, hedge its market risk. It reads: “It is this exemption that would allow (JP Morgan executive, Ina) Drew and her

Livestock, Livestock Markets, News

Reversal patterns signal a downturn in cattle prices

By David Drozd May 3, 2012

Markets can and often do change direction on a moment’s notice. Cattle prices were at a record high in early March 2012, but quickly turned and dropped below the uptrending channel, thus ending the rally. An uptrending channel develops during a period of rising prices and support is determined by a line drawn across the

Crops, Grain Markets, News

Who is Glencore International?

By Allan Dawson March 29, 2012

Who is Glencore International? A lot of people are asking as the giant, Swiss-based, publicly traded multinational firm prepares to buy Viterra and become a dominant player in Canada’s grain industry. Glencore describes itself as the world’s largest commodity trader — mostly in metals and minerals, but also crops. It employs more than 2,800 people

Daily Network News

Women who fed a nation

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on China demand hopes; corn and wheat rebound

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound, cattle hit upward limits

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