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N.Y. Soft Commodities Higher
Thursday, February 12, 2015 - 3:22pm | 96Read More...N.Y. soft commodities were generally higher across the board on Thursday. N.Y. sugar futures traded higher most of the day Thursday. May sugar ended the session on a firm note, trading at 18.82, up 0.20. May cocoa traded higher on Thursday. May cocoa ended trading at 2914, up 30. May coffee...
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Sugar Higher
Thursday, February 12, 2015 - 12:05pm | 47Read More...May sugar is trading at 14.80 up 0.19. Trading in advance of the Monday holiday is expected to be range-bound and choppy. Traders and investors typically square excess positions ahead of a day off. Higher energy prices on Thursday and a weaker dollar have supported sugar prices on Thursday.
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Sugar Little Changed
Thursday, February 12, 2015 - 8:22am | 60Read More...May Sugar is trading at 14.61, down 0.01. Chatter about the stronger dollar is once again making the rounds. The Brazilian Real has lost 10% in since late January and that has led to some pressure in sugar. Some talk is showing up about March sugar holding up better than May and that is...
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Sugar Lower - Cocoa Higher
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 2:53pm | 48Read More...N.Y. sugar futures traded lower most of the day on Wednesday. May Sugar settled a little lower on the day at 14.62 down 0.07. Trading was fairly quiet in sugar. N.Y. May cocoa settled Wednesday's trading session higher after trading lower early on. May cocoa settled at 2884, up 16.
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Sugar Lower
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 8:21am | 50Read More...May Sugar is trading at 14.52 down 0.17. Lower Crude Oil and still oversupplied market has led to pressure in Sugar futures on Wednesday morning. Chatter about the stronger dollar is once again making the rounds. There is some market talk about commercial buyers waiting for prices to go under...
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Sugar Lower - Coffee Down 4.5%
Tuesday, February 10, 2015 - 2:46pm | 92Read More...N.Y. Sugar futures traded lower most of the day Tuesday. May Sugar settled at 14.69, down 0.10. May Cocoa ended Tuesday's session slightly higher after a range-bound back and forth trading session. May Cocoa settled at 2868, up 2.0. Coffee Futures traded sharply lower Tuesday as general selling...
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Coffee, Sugar Futures Trading Higher
Monday, December 15, 2014 - 9:23am | 44Read More...March Coffee was trading slightly higher at $175.00 and March Cocoa was unchanged at $28.57. March Cotton was up $0.50 at $61.00 on firm export sales and a reduction in Chinese acreage. March Sugar was trading slightly higher at $15.11, hovering near contract lows in subdued pre-holiday week...
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Agricultural Commodity ETFs Hit New Lows
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 8:40am | 531Read More...While the summer months spur rapid price increases in energy costs, another key indicator of consumer behavior is seeing a wave of deflationary selling pressure. Agricultural commodities such as corn, wheat and soybeans have been in a freefall since peaking in May. The price action of these...
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Does America Have A Sugar Addiction?
Thursday, February 6, 2014 - 2:29pm | 606Read More...Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) vanilla Frappuccino grande: 58 grams of sugar. 20 ounce bottle of vitamin water: 33 grams of sugar. Eight ounce bottle Tropicana 100 percent orange juice: 25 grams of sugar. These are three small examples of common, regular items that are being cited by scientists to...
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Mexican Govt. Looks to Pull the Nation's Sweet Tooth with a Junk-Food Tax
Friday, October 18, 2013 - 4:16pm | 472Read More...Americans may get bad press for being fatties, but our southern neighbors are giving us a run (or maybe a slow walk?) for the money. Statistics from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) say close to 70 percent of Mexicans ages 15 and older are overweight while...
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Sugar Futures Setting Up for a Big Move?
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 - 8:34am | 370Read More...The past twelve months have not been kind to sugar investors. Contract prices have fallen from a high of $26.20 in March to the current price of $19.57 (/SB - December) - a 25.3 percent decline. In fact, as the three year daily chart shows (click to enlarge), sugar prices have been in a downtrend...
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Among Agricultural Commodities, Do Not Forget About Sugar
Monday, July 23, 2012 - 3:29pm | 675Read More...The story about corn and its astronomical ascent in recent weeks is by now well-documented. In other words, corn is quickly becoming yesterday's news as some traders start looking for the next big thing among agricultural commodities. Soybeans have that potential. Supply and weather dynamics have...
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Prognosticators see 'huge' stock market decline on horizon
Friday, December 17, 2010 - 10:19am | 437Read More...Sometimes, the hardest part of investing is sticking to macrotrends when the rest of the world is focused on the microtrends. It's one of the few ways you can actually make money by investing in the stock market. Warren Buffet, of course, is the undisputed Master of the Universe when it comes to...
