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Corn Pulling Back as Traders Square Up Ahead of USDA Report

Corn price action is down 4 to 5 cents so far on Friday morning as traders pull back ahead of the USDA reports. Futures close Thursday with gains of 5 to 7 cents across the board. There were 163 deliveries issued agains…

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Soybeans Falling Back from 3-Year Highs on Friday Morning

Soybeans are trading with contracts down 11 to 12 cents on Friday morning. Futures were in rally mode on Thursday, with contracts 13 to 22 cents higher across most contracts. Open interest was up 6,206 contracts on Thur…

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Hog Traders Look to Close Out the Week

Lean hog futures saw losses of 7 to 60 cents across most contracts on Thursday, with nearby October up 7 cents. Open interest was down 1,542 contracts. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $86.86 on Thursday a…

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Investors are all wrong about demography

The World Development Report 2025 is on the theme “Standards for Development” (World Bank, December 2025, https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/wdr2025). In the press release for the report, Indermit Gill remarked:

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Stocks Shake Off CPI Report and Rally on Lower Oil Prices

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) is up +0.87%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up +0.97%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is up +0.77%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are up +1.01%, and September E-mi…

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Wheat Feeling Modest Pressure Early on Friday

Wheat is starting off Friday trade with contracts lower across the three exchanges. The wheat complex rallied across the board on Thursday. Chicago SRW contracts posted gains of 5 ¾ to 12 ½ cents across the board. There…

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New Strong Sell Stocks for September 11th

Barnes Group Inc. B is an engineering solutions provider. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings has been revised 6.4% downward over the last 60 days.

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Stock Market Daily: Oil Has Put the Fed Back in the Trade

Now that Trump has been back in office for one year, we’re publishing our first “Trump’s Numbers” article of his second term. That’s the schedule we have followed for these reports, which we launched in 2012. We wait a …

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Loop Capital Initiates Coverage of Affirm Holdings with Buy Rating

Fintel reports that on September 9, 2026, Loop Capital initiated coverage of Affirm Holdings (NASDAQGS:AFRM) with a Buy recommendation. The company's stock closed at $68.00 on September 10, 2026. This follows a pre-acti…

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Adobe’s latest earnings leave Wall Street wanting more

Adobe, Inc. is a global technology company, which engages in the provision of digital marketing and media solutions. It operates through the following segments: Digital Media, Digital Experience, and Publishing and Adve…

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Cotton Rallies with Support from Outside Factors

Cotton futures got spillover strength on Thursday from the outside markets, as contracts were up 40 to 101 points at the close. Crude oil rallied $7.88 per barrel higher on the session, with the US dollar index up 255 p…