Chart of the Week: Battle of the Juggernaut Exchanges, WTI vs. Brent
The futures industry is always striving for change, pushing for innovation, growth, and stability. Over the past year and a half, this concept has taken form in the competition between the CME and ICE over which holds more incentive for traders. One of the specifics has come down to liquidity in the markets, specifically, Crude Oil. Part of this is driven by the market itself, and here is an updated comparison.
Chart of the Week: Would you Rather Invest in Sochi Olympic Gold, Silver, or Bronze?
We know the metal hierarchy in the Olympics is all about Gold, then Silver, then Bronze (Copper) – and indeed that matches up with the worth of each of those metals and the medal itself, per Saving Advice. But what if we’re talking not just about the value of the medal/metal, but the value of investing in the metal.
Chart of the Week: Coffee Cuing Up an Up Trend?
Move over Natural Gas… the latest commodity that is perking up (pun intended) is everyone’s favorite morning nectar, Coffee. The $7 Billion dollar market is up almost 30% YTD, and was up 8 consecutive days before some profit taking today {past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results}. (Disclaimer: Past performance is not necessarily […]
Chart of the Week: Sugar’s Textbook Downtrend
Since October Sugar is down 24% with 50 out of the past 70 days down, and now at its lowest point since 2010 (although up a little today). With the large three sugar producers expected to outpace demand by 4.7 metric tons, more traders and CTA’s are short than they are long.. What other factors could be at play?
Chart of the Week: All Time Highs for Cattle Futures
We fancy ourselves as steak experts here in Chicago, but with both Feeder and Live Cattle futures at all time highs this week should we be concerned that the price of their favorite meat is about to go through the roof? No anytime soon… but an international agreement, an early winter storm, and the recent drought might have something to do with this recent spike.
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