Daily Market Wrap, December 28

US Stocks registered record new highs as President Trump finally signed the COVID-19 relief package and prevented an inevitable government shutdown. However, the President’s veto on the $740 billion defense bill was overridden by the House (Senate to vote later in the...

Weekly Market Wrap, December 21-24

US Stocks ended the holiday shortened week with mostly mixed results. The Dow rose 0.1%, the S&P 500 declined 0.2%, and the Nasdaq Composite increased 0.4%. Tech-heavy Nasdaq and the smaller-cap benchmarks reached new intraday highs, while the large-caps lagged....

Farm Commodities – Corn

Overview – Amidst the global pandemic the commodity sector has soared. Also agricultural investments may be of interest in Q1 for which a seasonality in price between December to January can historically can be identified. Corn is the most liquid and active...

Daily Market Wrap, December 23

US President Donald Trump vetoed a bipartisan defense policy bill on Wednesday and raised the prospect that the United States could face a government shutdown during a pandemic. If the spending package gets blocked, large parts of the U.S. government could start to...

Daily Market Wrap, December 22

US President Donald Trump threatened to not sign the $892 billion coronavirus relief bill, saying it should be amended to increase the amount in the stimulus checks. Failure to either pass another stopgap bill or override a possible Trump veto of the legislation could...