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Gold Freefall – The End is Near?

A technical review of charts. Today we saw gold price action touch levels that have not been seen in a year.  If one were to...

Oil Speculation And Future Pricing Are Not In Sync – Trade Accordingly

Oil has taken investors on quite the ride lately, especially if those investors were long. The asset has become increasingly volatile, often moving double...

Oil Speculation And Future Pricing Are Not In Sync – Trade Accordingly

Oil has taken investors on quite the ride lately, especially if those investors were long. The asset has become increasingly volatile, often moving double...

Comparing This Year’s Corn Price Movement to the Past

We’ve been looking over the data from last month’s corn action. We weren’t very pleased with the tariff announcements coming 2 weeks ahead of...

Comparing This Year’s Corn Price Movement to the Past

We’ve been looking over the data from last month’s corn action. We weren’t very pleased with the tariff announcements coming 2 weeks ahead of...

Is Corn Ready to Pop?

Corn has fallen almost 10% in the past 10 trading days. Price finally touched a support line earlier today down at 373.50 before gaining...

Is Corn Ready to Pop?

Corn has fallen almost 10% in the past 10 trading days. Price finally touched a support line earlier today down at 373.50 before gaining...

The Crude Chart is Looking Familiar

Oil has taken investors on quite the ride lately…especially if they were long.  Since its high of $72.90 only nine trading days ago, crude...

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