Yeah, it's just in January. Here is the quote from the WSJ: The correlation between the price of Brent and the S&P 500 stock index is at levels...
I know this is an ag thread, but I am flummoxed as to why crude oil is down so hard today and the S&P 500 is hanging in there fairly well. There...
Morning update from one news service we get: The commitment of traders report showed managed money through Tuesday's trade +71k corn (net short...
Sorry to hear that Trad. Hope today is going better. First notice of bean cancellation from China this morning.
Lots of bull spreading in live cattle over the past couple of days. I'm looking at LEG16:M16 and LEJ16:M16. Time to get short those spreads?
Interesting chart. Do you know what the margin on that spread is?
Not much bullish follow through on the grains after the report yesterday. Pretty quiet ag markets right now.
I'm sorry, I meant people are NOT buying steak if their 401ks are dropping in value! And, we are limit down on feeders right now! Shoulda got way...
I think cattle are hanging in there amazingly well despite the volatility in the stock market. I don't care how cold it gets, people are buying...
Some pretty interesting action on these soybean spreads today. Funds are heavily short w/ a big USDA report on Tuesday. Looks like they are...
Is this an index rebalancing? I have not heard about this.
Looks good Trad. Hopefully 2016 is profitable as well for all here!
For what it's worth, did some analysis of the LEJ:M spread in R, appears to be mathematically mean reverting.
What do you think of that LEJ - M spread right now at $10.3? Understanding that April is generally the most expensive, that chart looks to me it...
Anyone watching this Jan - March Feeder Cattle spread? It has exploded over the past couple of trading days. I assume there is some seasonality,...
Cattle have been quiet the past couple of days. Not sure if the rally is over or not yet. Weather has moved out of the plains for now.
Man, cattle. What the heck. I've given up trying to advise cattle producers. I don't even understand this market.
Hey windwine, I haven't been doing a lot of backtesting in R. It's still pretty confusing for me. I tend to use R for looking at the distributions...
Beans going again, bull spreading today.
Nice bounce on the beans this morning. Coming off support around 860 or so on ZSH.
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