The Grains Look Strong - The Cattle Markets Look Heavy and Confused

Weaker Dollar Spurs Buying

There is market price action that suggests inflation is rising.  Gold, continues to set new historical highs, along with equities. Energy, although just last week I anticipated to start trending lower, has reversed with diesel fuel leading the way higher.  The US dollar is less than a half a point from contract low and bonds moving higher.

Updated Grain Technicals / Fundamentals

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ETFs jump into silver—are traders walking into a “bull trap,” or is 50 bps what precious metals need? Phil Streible breaks it down in today’s Metals Minute!

E-mini S&P (December) / E-mini NQ (December) S&P, yesterday’s close: Settled at 6679.25, up 34.25 NQ, yesterday’s close: Settled at 24,550.75, up 199.75 E-mini S&P and E-mini NQ futures have extended their ranges higher. It has continuously been a clean handoff from leader to leader; AAPL early August, cyclicals late...

Wheat futures post their third day of gains, the longest winning streak since June. Are the tides turning as we approach a historically friendlier time of year?

Hogs drift

Tune in with Oliver Sloup and Marlin Bohling on Markets on the Move! Cattle futures came roaring back to start the week, retracing breakdown points from last week. Grain markets, on the other hand, saw a mixed day with corn taking the brunt of the pressure.

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Grains were higher across the board last week, but the price action to start the week has so far been mixed.

Gold pushed higher to the upper side of the triangle this month, and then also broke above the 3450 area, above both waves D and B swing points. This suggests the contracting range since May is finished and we are now in a new bullish phase, likely the fifth wave on the higher time frame chart.

5 | Déjà vu It was August all over again in the September WASDE, with another acreage shock setting the tone as corn plantings climbed 1.4M acres, bringing the June–September increase to an unprecedented 3.5M. Roughly 70% of the gains were concentrated in the western Corn Belt and Plains where...