Cotton futures posted Friday gains of as little as 7 points in some deferreds, with front months up as much as 74 points. May was up 165 points on the week.. Crude oil was up $3.57 to $99.30, with the US dollar index up $0.776 to $100.530. CFTC data...
Lean hog futures posted front month losses of 15 to 90 cents on Friday, as April was down $2.17 this week. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $91.82 on Friday afternoon, up 43 cents from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was another...
Live cattle futures are showing steady trade on Friday, with contracts down 32 to 62 cents, as April fell $3.67 this week. Cash trade settled in at $234-236 live this week, with some $372 dressed. Feeder cattle futures posted a dime to $1.25 gains in...
Corn futures rounded out the Friday session with contracts steady in some deferreds to 4 ¾ cents higher in the front months as March expired. May closed the week with a 6 ¾ cent gain from on the week. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price wa...
Soybeans rounded out the Friday session with contracts down 2 to 6 ¼ cents across the board, as May still held up for a 24 ½ cent gain. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was down 2 cents at $11.50 1/4. Soymeal futures were down $1.60 to...
The wheat complex posted double digit gains on Friday. Chicago SRW futures were up 10 to 15 1/4 cents on Friday, with May slipping 3 cents on the week. KC HRW futures closed 11 to 17 ¼ cents in the green on the day, as May was up 6 ½...
Palantir still looks like a richly valued core AI infrastructure name where the sports-betting angle is a nice add-on — worth holding or buying on pullbacks, but not chasing blindly at more than 150 times forward earnings.
White House chief of Staff Susie Wiles referenced Stankey’s meeting with Trump publicly at a Business Roundtable event that Stankey attended, a Semafor report said.
The DOJ said that in addition to civil penalties and free services, Adobe will be required to clearly disclose any Early Termination Fee and how the fee is calculated before enrolling customers in subscriptions.
In a dramatic recalibration of American trade policy, the Trump administration has officially pivoted to Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 to sustain its sweeping tariff regime. This move follows a landmark February 20, 2026, Supreme Court ruling that stripped the executive branch of the power to use
As the first quarter of 2026 unfolds, the euphoric bull market that defined the mid-2020s has hit a formidable wall of uncertainty. A potent cocktail of geopolitical instability in the Middle East and South America, coupled with a domestic crisis of confidence in central bank leadership, has sent major indices
The CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX), widely recognized as Wall Street’s "fear gauge," experienced a dramatic 12.6% surge today, March 13, 2026, closing at a multi-year high of 27.29. This spike signals a decisive shift in investor sentiment from cautious optimism to outright alarm as a kinetic
The United States trade deficit saw a dramatic and unexpected narrowing in January 2026, falling to $54.5 billion as American exports surged to record levels. This marks a significant decline from the revised December 2025 deficit of $72.9 billion, a shift that has caught many Wall Street analysts
The U.S. housing market provided a startling jolt of optimism to an otherwise weary economy this week, as new data revealed a 7.2% surge in housing starts for the most recent reporting period. Defying high interest rates and persistent inflationary pressures, residential construction jumped to a seasonally adjusted
In a striking display of divergence that has caught the attention of global analysts, Bitcoin maintained its position above the critical $71,000 threshold today, March 13, 2026. While the broader equities market suffered a bruising session characterized by a sharp sell-off in technology and industrial sectors, the world’s
The global travel and transport sectors are facing their most significant crisis since the 2020 pandemic as the escalation of a full-scale war between Iran and Israel has sent energy markets into a tailspin. On March 13, 2026, shares of major travel providers plummeted, led by sharp declines in United
