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Tax breaks and more write-offs will bring more companies to the U.S. instead of having them go abroad. Greed created this so give the greed back to where it started ...</span></p><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/109275-obama_not_returning_take_kare'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/832/?a=1073><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/jobman.gif border=0 /></a></p> futurespress, TraderPlanet.comfuturespress, TraderPlanet.comTue, 06 Sep 2011 15:37:29 +0000http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/108036-cotton_was_down_on_cancellationshttp://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/108036-cotton_was_down_on_cancellations<p>From Bloomberg: Cotton futures fell the most in more than two weeks after a report showed overseas buyers scrapped orders for supplies from the U.S., the world’s biggest exporter. Orange juice rose.</p> <p>In the week ended Aug. 18, canceled orders for upland cotton exceeded sales by 230,308 bales for the current crop year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said today. A bale weighs 480 pounds . That’s the ninth time in 10 weeks that there were more canceled orders than sales.</p> <p>http://www.bloomberg....</p><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/108036-cotton_was_down_on_cancellations'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/624/?a=1067><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/dinapoli.gif border=0 /></a></p> futurespress, TraderPlanet.comfuturespress, TraderPlanet.comFri, 26 Aug 2011 15:58:16 +0000http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/106390-germany_in_the_hot_seathttp://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/106390-germany_in_the_hot_seat<p ><span>Again, please do not be fooled about earnings. Most companies are doing well because of costs savings and raising their prices. The consumer is still struggling and with today’s news that Germany had a bad GDP announcement, things could get more complicated. Germany was supposed to be the key factor that would help the eurozone get back on their feet. </span></p><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/106390-germany_in_the_hot_seat'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/624/?a=1067><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/dinapoli.gif border=0 /></a></p> futurespress, TraderPlanet.comfuturespress, TraderPlanet.comTue, 16 Aug 2011 17:14:07 +0000http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/105599-grain_traders_still_keeping_an_eye_on_weather_ahead_of_the_wasdehttp://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/105599-grain_traders_still_keeping_an_eye_on_weather_ahead_of_the_wasde<p><br /></p><p>The 6-10 day precipitation map shows no real change with a moderate amount of rains added to the Dakotas. The South remains the problem with anything south of I-80 still seeing spotty fields. There is plenty of time for beans to recover and develop their third bean per pod but corn remains a very questionable situation heading into the WASDE report.</p><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/105599-grain_traders_still_keeping_an_eye_on_weather_ahead_of_the_wasde'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/834/?a=1070><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/wyckoff.gif border=0 /></a></p> futurespress, TraderPlanet.comfuturespress, TraderPlanet.comWed, 10 Aug 2011 14:02:03 +0000http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/105403-do_not_be_fooledhttp://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/105403-do_not_be_fooled<p ><span>Hedge funds and owners of companies seem to purchasing bank preferred stocks. This is what they did in 2008 when the market fell 700 points and of course because of the financial crisis. Some are yielding as high as 10% because of their prices spiraling downward over the past few weeks. The market is up due to large companies testing the waters and people buying back their shorts. Do not be fooled by today!</span></p><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/105403-do_not_be_fooled'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/744/?a=1072><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/firman.gif border=0 /></a></p> futurespress, TraderPlanet.comfuturespress, TraderPlanet.comTue, 09 Aug 2011 16:47:54 +0000http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/103921-weak_export_sales_pressure_cottonhttp://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/103921-weak_export_sales_pressure_cotton<p>Cotton prices fell back yesterday as again weak export sales were reported. Net export sales reported by USDA were 40,600 running bales. Old crop commitments again dropped, with more cancellations. The marketing year ends this Sunday, so any unshipped sales are being rolled to new crop delivery.</p><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/103921-weak_export_sales_pressure_cotton'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/624/?a=1067><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/dinapoli.gif border=0 /></a></p> futurespress, TraderPlanet.comfuturespress, TraderPlanet.comFri, 29 Jul 2011 13:57:56 +0000http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/103537-financial_companies_payhttp://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/103537-financial_companies_pay<p ><span>How many times can the financial companies get sued before they shut them down. I mean really! Between Goldman Sachs and UBS they have probably shelled out billions to agencies, tax payers, and investors. Maybe they have more money than the government and they do not care. Maybe they do not care if they are sued because they make so much money that settling is worth it. </span></p><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/103537-financial_companies_pay'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/744/?a=1072><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/firman.gif border=0 /></a></p> futurespress, TraderPlanet.comfuturespress, TraderPlanet.comWed, 27 Jul 2011 18:18:47 +0000http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/103538-drought_in_texas_could_cost_farmershttp://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/103538-drought_in_texas_could_cost_farmers<p>The news out of Texas continues to be bad:</p> <p>From NPR:</p> <p>“The drought has spread over much of the southern U.S., leaving Oklahoma the driest it has been since the 1930s and setting records from Louisiana to New Mexico. But the situation is especially severe in Texas, which trails only California in agricultural productivity.</p> <p>McGee is still watering another variety of corn, cotton and sorghum but the loss of nearly one-sixth of his acres after spending so much on irrigation weighs on him.</p> <p>“Kind of...</p><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/103538-drought_in_texas_could_cost_farmers'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/744/?a=1072><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/firman.gif border=0 /></a></p> futurespress, TraderPlanet.comfuturespress, TraderPlanet.comWed, 27 Jul 2011 13:16:10 +0000http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/102980-weather_remains_a_hot_topichttp://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/102980-weather_remains_a_hot_topic<p><br /><br />Looking at the above map, you see a mild increase in the expected rains about 5-7 days out with the end of July looking wetter today than at any point in the last week. Heat remains through the weekend then it moderates to a degree with most of the major growing areas looking for upper 80s with the SE growing region looking the hottest with temps expected in the 90s 5 of the next 10 days. Rain events will focus on the northern growing regions with Des Moines looking at 3 rain events by month ...</p><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/102980-weather_remains_a_hot_topic'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/744/?a=1072><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/firman.gif border=0 /></a></p> futurespress, TraderPlanet.comfuturespress, TraderPlanet.comFri, 22 Jul 2011 14:01:24 +0000http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/102981-why_the_suprised_lookhttp://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/102981-why_the_suprised_look<p ><span>Why is everyone surprised that companies are reporting profits? They have had 3 years to restructure, meaning layoffs and the opportunity to pay debt down. Financials firms were allowed to write-off bad debt which no one knows the extent. The issue is when the derivatives market is figured out the amount of money lost could be bigger than the actual deficit. If people with PhD’s do not understand how they work than it will take years to have a real grasp on the situation. The debt issue could...</span></p><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/102981-why_the_suprised_look'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/815/?a=1071><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/murphy.gif border=0 /></a></p> futurespress, TraderPlanet.comfuturespress, TraderPlanet.comFri, 22 Jul 2011 13:55:41 +0000http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/102434-weather_forecasts_guide_marketshttp://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/102434-weather_forecasts_guide_markets<p>Markets look to explode higher today as overnight maps enhanced heat and removed rains.</p> <p>From Reuters:</p> <pre> The health of U.S. corn and soybean crops deteriorated more than expected last week as temperatures heated up in key growing areas and stunted development of late-planted fields. After the market closed on Monday, the U.S. Agriculture Department's weekly crop condition report showed that the U.S. corn crop was rated 66 percent good to excellent, down 3 percentage points from the previous wee...</pre><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/102434-weather_forecasts_guide_markets'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/624/?a=1067><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/dinapoli.gif border=0 /></a></p> futurespress, TraderPlanet.comfuturespress, TraderPlanet.comTue, 19 Jul 2011 15:08:14 +0000http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/102435-energies_up_for_the_first_time_in_four_dayshttp://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/102435-energies_up_for_the_first_time_in_four_days<p><span>Gasoline and Heating Oil are both up this morning but not as much as crude as the cracks will likely continue to get weaker from here. What’s also weighing in heavily on the market is supplies. An Energy Department report may show U.S. crude supplies fell 1.5 million barrels for a seventh week in the seven days ended July 15.   Gasoline inventories probably slid 100,000 barrels from 211.7 million.</span></p><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/102435-energies_up_for_the_first_time_in_four_days'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/832/?a=1073><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/jobman.gif border=0 /></a></p> futurespress, TraderPlanet.comfuturespress, TraderPlanet.comTue, 19 Jul 2011 13:17:20 +0000http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/101844-gold_up_over_1_590_a_troy_ounce_overnighthttp://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/101844-gold_up_over_1_590_a_troy_ounce_overnight<p>Gold reaching new heights last night to over $1,590 an ounce. The flight to safety has pushed this market and the silver market higher. Silver up over $38 per ounce looking to try and reach $40 for the first time in a while. Weakness weighing on the US dollar after Bernanke hinted that there might be room for the Federal Reserve to add more stimulus.</p><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/101844-gold_up_over_1_590_a_troy_ounce_overnight'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/834/?a=1070><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/wyckoff.gif border=0 /></a></p> futurespress, TraderPlanet.comfuturespress, TraderPlanet.comThu, 14 Jul 2011 13:21:54 +0000http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/101500-systemic_riskhttp://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/101500-systemic_risk<p ><span>Ok, so Italy is pledging to take action for its debt issues. Here is the thing! If the euro zone lets Greece default than where does that leave everyone else? Are they too far gone as well? Systemic risk is the word that typically accompanies the word fear. The fear that is being portrayed could raise the cost of commodities world wide. Japan has to basically build an entire country and the growth of the world is escalating. Prices on materials, grains, oil, etc are very high and knowing that...</span></p><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/101500-systemic_risk'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/832/?a=1073><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/jobman.gif border=0 /></a></p> futurespress, TraderPlanet.comfuturespress, TraderPlanet.comTue, 12 Jul 2011 18:48:24 +0000http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/101501-wasde_released_today_at_8_30_ethttp://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/101501-wasde_released_today_at_8_30_et<p>The USDA just released the monthly WASDE - download the pdf here: http://www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/wasde/latest.pdf </p><p>Excerpts:</p><p>U.S. wheat supplies for 2011/12 are raised 90 million bushels as higher carry in and production more than offset reductions in imports and higher use. Beginning stocks are raised 52 million bushels mostly reflecting higher estimated carryout for 2010/11 as reported in the June 30 Grain Stocks report. Production for 2011/12 is forecast at 2,106 million bushels, up 48 mi...</p><a href='http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/101501-wasde_released_today_at_8_30_et'>Read More at TraderPlanet.com &#187;</a><p align=center><a href=http://www.traderplanet.com/tradertube/index/744/?a=1072><img src=http://www.traderplanet.com/themes/trader_plain/gfx/firman.gif border=0 /></a></p> futurespress, TraderPlanet.comfuturespress, TraderPlanet.comTue, 12 Jul 2011 12:47:11 +0000