The dollar index (DXY00 ) is up by +0.21% today. The dollar is moving higher today, amid the +2% jump in WTI crude oil, which raises inflation expectations and could prompt the Fed to tighten monetary policy, a supportive factor for the dollar. Also, today’s weakness in stocks has boosted...
December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ26 ) is down -17 (-0.30%) today, and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ26 ) is down -24 (-0.57%). Cocoa prices fell from 1-week highs today and turned lower on signs of abundant cocoa supplies from the Ivory Coast. According to Ivory Coast government data, farmers...
Corn futures are facing spillover weakness to start the week, with beans adding pressure. Contracts are down 6 to 7 cents in the front months, but off the early session highs. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is down 6 cents at $4.78. Following last week’s US/China meeting, China...
December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ26 ) is down -17 (-0.30%) today, and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ26 ) is down -24 (-0.57%). Cocoa prices fell from 1-week highs today and turned lower on signs of abundant cocoa supplies from the Ivory Coast. According to Ivory Coast government data, farmers...
October NY world sugar #11 (SBV26 ) is up +0.05 (+0.29%) today, and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ26 ) is up +4.20 (+0.84%). Sugar prices recovered from early losses today and turned higher, amid a jump in crude oil prices. WTI crude oil (CLX26 ) is up more...
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is down by -0.92% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down by -0.75%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -1.55%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) are down -0.90%, and December E-mini...
On 9/30/26, RLJ Lodging Trust's $1.95 Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares (Symbol: RLJ.PRA) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.4875, payable on 10/30/26. As a percentage of RLJ.PRA's recent share price of $24.87, this dividend works out to app
Bargain hunters are wise to pay careful attention to insider buying, because although there are many various reasons for an insider to sell a stock, presumably the only reason they would use their hard-earned dollars to make a purchase, is that they expect to make money. Today
On 9/30/26, Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc's 5.50% Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (Symbol: BHR.PRB) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.3438, payable on 10/15/26. As a percentage of BHR.PRB's recent share price of $12.93, this dividend wo
Wheat is showing modest losses in Monday morning trade. The wheat complex saw some buying off the early lows on Friday but still faced weakness at the final bell. Chicago SRW was down 1 to 3 ¾ cents on the day, with December falling back 11 cents on the week....
Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in DoorDash Inc (Symbol: DASH), where a total volume of 18,386 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 1
The GQG US Equity ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Monday, with over 3.0 million shares traded versus three month average volume of about 178,000. Shares of GQGU were off about 0.7% on the day.
Components of that ETF with the highest volume on Monday we
On 9/30/26, US Bancorp's 4.00% Dep Shares Series M Non-Cumul Perp Preferred Stock (Symbol: USB.PRR) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.25, payable on 10/15/26. As a percentage of USB.PRR's recent share price of $14.85, this dividend works out to approximat
On 9/30/26, Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corp's 8.250% Series B Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (Symbol: CHMI.PRB) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.6162, payable on 10/15/26. As a percentage of CHMI.PRB's recent share pric
On 9/30/26, EPR Properties's 9.00% Series E Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares (Symbol: EPR.PRE) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.5625, payable on 10/15/26. As a percentage of EPR.PRE's recent share price of $31.19, this dividend works out to approx
On 9/30/26, Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corp's 8.20% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (Symbol: CHMI.PRA) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.5125, payable on 10/15/26. As a percentage of CHMI.PRA's recent share price of $21.49, this divide
October NY world sugar #11 (SBV26 ) is up +0.05 (+0.29%) today, and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ26 ) is up +4.20 (+0.84%). Sugar prices recovered from early losses today and turned higher, amid a jump in crude oil prices. WTI crude oil (CLX26 ) is up more...
Soybeans are trading with Monday AM losses of 20 to 25 cents. Futures came back to close Friday with contracts down 1 ¾ cent in some back months to November’s 1 ½ cent gain. Trade details set to be announced Monday calmed the selling. November saw 15 ½ cent gain...
December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ26 ) is down -17 (-0.30%) today, and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ26 ) is down -24 (-0.57%). Cocoa prices fell from 1-week highs today and turned lower on signs of abundant cocoa supplies from the Ivory Coast. According to Ivory Coast government data, farmers...
Soybeans came back to close Friday with contracts down 1 ¾ cent in some back months to November’s 1 ½ cent gain. Trade details set to be announced Monday calmed the selling. November saw 15 ½ cent gain on the week. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was up...