Global markets remain volatile amid the Iran war, with the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed and oil prices surging. Economic strain is emerging as stocks near...
Rising oil prices and weak jobs data pushed stocks toward stagflation fears. Unlike classic monetary stagflation, this stems from an energy shock tied to conflict with...
The Federal Reserve's decision to leave interest rates unchanged in July was expected, with a rate cut likely in September. Concerns about a potential hard landing...
This week’s theme is climate change, global warming whatever one wishes to call it and the growing and costly devastation it is causing because of hurricanes,...
FCOJ was lower once again on the higher US Dollar and the good growing conditions seen in Florida so far this year. Florida has been spared...
Our opening essay takes a short look at the emerging FinCEN scandal that investigates how dirty money is being laundered through the world’s largest banks including...
Palm Oil closed higher. Demand reports from the private surveyors are stronger this month. Production ideas are turning seasonally higher as trees enter a peak production...
Our “chart of the week” looks at the relationship between gold and the rise in the Fed’s balance sheet. This past week was the September FOMC....
Cotton closed lower for the week and trends are still sideways on the charts. Demand has improved over the last couple of weeks but remains at...
This week we look at the history of reserve currencies and what fate befalls the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve currency. Historically, at least since...