We had a subscriber ask about any suggestions where to look for possible currency ETFs action. Interest rates at record rates not only in the U.S. but globally as well. Add into the mix huge amount of monetary easing like QE3 from U.S. Federal Reserve and central banks around the globe like Japan, Australia and England just to mention a few has seem have broken the system.
Welcome to Friday’s Morning Coffee Break – As we begin the final trading session in the week and finish off the first two full weeks of October U.S. stock indexes are on pace for the largest weekly drop in four months. October historically is a down month as markets prepare for the final two months of the year and it appears Mr. Market wants to stay with tradition as the
Welcome to Thursday’s Morning Coffee Break – As we count down the final two sessions of the week U.S. indexes are on pace for the largest weekly drop since week ending on June 1st. Will bulls be able to muster the first daily gain this week for S&P 500 and NASDAQ?
Daily Grains Commentary -The overnight markets remain subdued as it’s now just a waiting game for another USDA report. The beans are trading with minor losses so far in the early AM hours, meal has lost a few $’s while oil has gained a small amount. The wheat is trading slightly higher as weather fears in Australia are catching more attention and corn is down a few cents as further long liquidation is taking place.
Welcome to Wednesday’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S. market participants sold Tuesday’s session making it the largest one day drop since August 23 it’s also the last time the Dow Jones index has seen a 1% drop in 6 years. The NASDAQ has not seen this large of loss since June 25.
The overnight market seems to continue to digest the ideas that the yields are still coming in above expectations and that the USDA figures will show significant increases. The beans have eased back by 10-13 cents most of the evening session, meal has lost $4, oil is down 25-30 points, and corn fell by another 5-7 while wheat is standing alone trading on the positive side gaining 2-4 cents.
The music seems as if it is starting to play again as once again the export sales remind us that the world is running out of beans. The beans now have erased all the losses of earlier in the week trading +30, meal has gained $7, oil increased by
30 points, corn increased by 6-8 and wheat has posted gains of 4-5 cents
Today we are looking at taking advantage of Mr. Schultz’s leverage buy out (LBO) of Best Buy (BBY, quote) and as the current Best Buy board drag their feet as if they are not sure what to do with the company it gets worse for Best Buy and better for Mr. Schultz.
The overnight session gives a bit for everyone as the market continues to digest the past USDA report. The corn market is the market back on the front page as supplies remain tight. The beans are also tight but not as tight as many had assumed and wheat is also shrinking on the supply side. The bottom line is that the USDA once again was able to absorb some early harvest into the old crop figures and as long as there is early harvest this pattern seems to work. The question is what do they do when there isn’t an early harvest? This is a debate for another time as it doesn’t matter today.
Looking at the iShares Silver Trust (SLV, quote) ETF from the viewpoint of a technical standpoint the SLV is testing its previous high
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