Insights and Stories of Brian Wittal

Jun. 30, 2009 at 4:59 pm CDT

June 30 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s acreage and inventory report came out this morning and overall the report was viewed as being slightly negative for all grains. Corn and bean acres were up more than the trade was guesstimating and quarterly stocks showed higher numbers for the major […]

By Brian Wittal

Jun. 29, 2009 at 6:17 pm CDT

June 29 — All markets were rather quiet today with no real news to influence them in either direction. Financial markets were mixed to up a bit and grains were mixed to down, as traders stayed on the sidelines awaiting Tuesday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture acreage and stocks report. The […]

By Brian Wittal

Jun. 26, 2009 at 6:25 pm CDT

June 26 — Financial markets were very quiet today as no real news came out that was worthy of trading to any great extent. The U.S. dollar dropped half a cent today and the Canadian dollar climbed half a cent, closing at US86.83 cents, down 1.3 cents from last week’s […]

By Brian Wittal

Jun. 25, 2009 at 5:02 pm CDT

June 25 — Financial markets found some strength and finished with solid gains today. The U.S. dollar dropped two-tenths of a cent today and the Canadian dollar dropped half a cent, closing at US86.36 cents . The Dow Jones June quote closed up 172 points at 8,472. Crude oil closed […]

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Jun. 24, 2009 at 5:35 pm CDT

June 24 — Financial markets were mixed and some rebounded a little today as reports claiming we have seen the worst of the recession came out this morning. The U.S. dollar regained three-quarters of a cent from yesterday’s losses and the Canadian dollar was down 0.1 cents, closing at US86.88 […]

By Brian Wittal