Wheat Bulls Fail to Find Footing on Friday

The wheat complex faded lower into the weekend across most contracts. Chicago SRW contracts were mostly fractionally to 2 ¾ cents lower. December was up a tick, but still fell 35 ½ cents this week. KC HRW futures posted…

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Soybeans Post Friday Gains

U.S. grain markets closed a volatile Friday on September 25, with corn futures posting fractional gains, soybeans ending narrowly mixed and winter wheat extending its decline as traders assessed the outcome of talks bet…

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Stocks Fall Sharply on Risk-Off as Meta Slides -7%

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) fell -1.21%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) rose +0.02%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) fell -2.90%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) fell -1.18%, and Dec…

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Corn Bouncing Off Lows at Midday

Corn futures are trading with Wednesday losses of 1 to 2 cents so far at midday, as cotracts are pulling off early lows. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is 1/4 cent lower at $4.22 3/4. EIA data from this …

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Dollar Consolidates Above 3-week Low

The dollar index (DXY00 ) is up +0.05%, consolidating mildly above last Friday’s 3-week low. The dollar is seeing some short covering after last week’s decline. However, today’s -0.8 bp decline in the 10-year T-note yie…

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Stocks See Support from Positive AI News

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is up +0.24%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.05%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.69%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) are up +0.15%, an…

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Micron Tripled in 2026. Can It Repeat in 2027?

Shares of Micron Technology (MU +1.72%) have climbed about 10-fold from their 2024 closing price of about $84. The memory maker's stock jumped 239% in 2025, and as I write it's more than tripled again this year, to roug…

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