DAG News and Press, DB Agriculture Double Long ETN From 12/27/19

If you ask most people which commodity impacts global politics the most, many would say crude oil. Over half the world’s oil reserves are in the Middle East, the most turbulent political region on the face of the earth. In the 1970s, an oil embargo caused shortages and drivers lined u...

Ray Dalio, in reference to the current financial scene, with its long period of expansion over more than a decade, has said, "This set of circumstances is unsustainable and certainly can no longer be pushed... [which] is why I believe that the world is approaching a big paradigm shift." Dali...

Cotton has a long political history. In the United States, cotton production in the south and slavery led to the civil war in the mid-1800s. In India, independence from Britain came as Gandhi used cotton as symbolism. He urged his followers only to wear homespun clothing made of cotton rather ...

2020: A Key Year for the Agriculture Sector Following record-breaking floods in the U.S. and a turbulent growing season in 2019, we remain optimistic about the outlook for the agribusiness sector in 2020. Bad weather in parts of the Midwest prevented farmers from wrapping up their 2019 harve...

Agricultural products feed the world. Last week's "phase one" deal between the US and China was excellent news for the agricultural sector of the commodities market. Protectionist policies have been a roadblock when it comes to the flow of agricultural commodities around the world. Tariffs and...

We have seen lots of price volatility in the coffee futures market since mid-October. Last Friday, the price put in a significant bearish reversal when March futures rose to $1.40 per pound, the highest price since September 2017. Coffee settled on the week at just over $1.30 after trading to ...

On Tuesday, December 10, at noon EST, the US Department of Agriculture released its final World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report for 2019. The 2019 crop year ended weeks ago, so the December report is a final tally for the year of production, inventories, and demand and export t...

Chinese officials have told Pres. Trump that they would buy $40B-$50B worth of U.S. farm goods but were reluctant to commit to contracts , Agriculture Secretary Perdue said in an interview with Fox Business News. More news on: Invesco DB Agriculture ETF, Teucrium Corn ETF, VanEck Vector...

2019 was a tough year for the coffee futures market. In mid-April, the price of the soft commodity dropped to its lowest level since the second half of 2005. Coffee traded to a low at 86.35 cents per pound in April. After an attempt at a recovery, coffee futures struggled in August when the ...

On Tuesday, December 10, at noon EST, the US Department of Agriculture will release its final World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report of 2019. The December report comes after the 2019 harvest and does not typically cause significant price volatility in the agricultural futures ma...