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Strength in Banks and Lower Bond Yields are Boosting Stocks
Strength in Banks and Lower Bond Yields are Boosting Stocks
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is up +0.45%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI) (DIA) is up +0.34%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is up +0.60%. June E-mini S&P futures…
Cotton Bulls Pushing Back on Turnaround Tuesday
Cotton Bulls Pushing Back on Turnaround Tuesday
Cotton futures are bouncing on Turnaround Tuesday, with contracts up 65 to 91 points so far. Crude oil futures are down 22 cents/barrel. The US dollar index is back up $0.533…
Crude Prices Weaken as IEA Cuts its Global Crude Demand Forecast
Crude Prices Weaken as IEA Cuts its Global Crude Demand Forecast
May WTI crude oil (CLK25) today is down -0.23 (-0.37%), and May RBOB gasoline (RBK25) is up +0.0033 (+0.16%).Crude oil and gasoline prices today are mixed. Today’s stronger dollar is…
Signs of Weak Demand Are Weighing on Cocoa Prices
Signs of Weak Demand Are Weighing on Cocoa Prices
May ICE NY cocoa (CCK25) today is down -232 (-2.81%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK25) is down -161 (-2.70%).Cocoa prices today are moderately lower and added to Monday's…
Expectations for Ample Monsoon Rains in India Sends Sugar Prices Tumbling
Expectations for Ample Monsoon Rains in India Sends Sugar Prices Tumbling
May NY world sugar #11 (SBK25) today is down -0.31 (-1.73%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK25) is down -16.30 (-3.09%).Sugar prices today are falling, with NY sugar…
3 ‘Recession-Proof’ Funds That Pay up to 10.2%
3 ‘Recession-Proof’ Funds That Pay up to 10.2%
Although some tariff hikes have been paused, a recession is still very much in play. Just a few days ago, I wrote that “this is the time to recession-proof our…
What If Mark Zuckerberg Had Not Bought Instagram and WhatsApp?
What If Mark Zuckerberg Had Not Bought Instagram and WhatsApp?
In 2012, when Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, cut a $1 billion check to buy the photo-sharing app Instagram, most people thought he had lost his marbles.“A billion dollars of…
The Colorful Cult of Le Creuset
The Colorful Cult of Le Creuset
April Hershberger is not the only collector of Le Creuset cookware who owns so many pieces that she can’t count them. But she may be the only one who built…
Rewiring Britain for an Era of Clean Energy
Rewiring Britain for an Era of Clean Energy
In a career spanning more than 30 years, John Pettigrew has seen big changes in the electricity industry. He started out in 1991, working to introduce natural-gas-fired power plants to…
UK Cuts Tariffs on Dozens of Products as Global Trade Tensions Rise
UK Cuts Tariffs on Dozens of Products as Global Trade Tensions Rise
Follow live updates on the Trump administration.The British government ramped up actions to help protect businesses and households from some of the economic tumult created by President Trump’s decision to…
Goldman Sachs Avoids Mentioning the Word ‘Tariffs’ Amid Trump Trade Policy Uncertainty
Goldman Sachs Avoids Mentioning the Word ‘Tariffs’ Amid Trump Trade Policy Uncertainty
Goldman Sachs on Monday revealed its latest financial results and outlook for the future, and in a deft feat of linguistics, its executives managed not to utter the word “tariff”…