Weekend Reads
It’s been an extremely busy week for managed futures, Chicago, and the nation. As if anyone could forget, the history of hockey was changed forever when the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Bruins in Boston, scoring two goals in 17 seconds in the third period Monday night. If you’re still recovering from the parade and rally from Friday, here are some weekends reads to get your brain flowing.
Bring Back the Corn Murals
The corn murals should return to their sweet glory at the Corn Palace this fall. The USDA released its farmers survey, saying the 97 million acres of Corn planted this season is more than any time since 1936. Finviz is a little off on their charts, and M6 Capital predication pays off.
Hog Heaven
Like clockwork, whenever major media outlets catch on to a major commodity trend, the move is by far overextended, and in an instant, it’s all over before you know it. Lean Hog Futures have been the best commodity thus far this year, but that all ended on Friday.
You Think Gold’s been doing Bad, Check out Gold Miners…
What’s the only thing worse than being long gold as it plunged 12% since June 1st? Being long a gold mining company who has massive exposure to the plunging gold price, as well as some added extra exposure in terms of the company’s management, fixed costs, debt, and so on… Just look at the performance of these commodity producer/miner ETFs versus the commodity ETFs versus the actual commodity itself.
It’s Getting Volatile in Here…
Dull is the last word to use to describe recent events. Vix is at its highest point this year, and the ATR’s of Gold, and the S&P 500 are showing major movements. Could we be seeing the start of a volatility level like in 2007 and 2008? Is this the moment for manged futures to shine once more?
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