JJS News and Press, iPathA Series B Bloomberg Softs Subindex Total Return ETN From 07/03/19

Cocoa beans are the primary ingredient in chocolate confectionery products. The beans thrive in tropical climates near the equator. Therefore, the West African nations of the Ivory Coast and Ghana are the world's leading producers of cocoa. Together they account for around 60% of the global an...

Soft commodities can be the most volatile sector of the commodities market as prices routinely double, triple, or halve in value during their pricing cycles. The path of least resistance for the prices of luxury commodities is a function of the weather and crop diseases in the critical growing...

The cocoa futures market recently rolled from the July to the September series of futures on the Intercontinental Exchange. The roll period can cause increased price variance as longs and shorts decide whether to carry their risk positions into the next active contract or exit the market. Th...

On Tuesday, June 11, at noon EST, the US Department of Agriculture released its June World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. The USDA issues the report each month of the year, but the June report comes at a critical time as the planting season is moving into the growing season t...

The price of cocoa has been making higher lows and higher highs since trading down to $2128 per ton on March 21 on the active month July ICE futures contract. At the end of last week, the price rose to a new high for the year, and at the start of this week, it was above the $2500 level for the...

In November 2017, the price of coffee traded to its last significant peak at $1.76 per pound. The high was lower than in October 2014 when it reached $2.2550, and in May 2011 when the high was at $3.0625. The highest price for coffee came back in 1977 when the price reached $3.3750 per pound, ...

Corn futures surge 4% to their highest level since June 2016, while soybean futures jump 3.5% and wheat futures rise nearly 3%, as record breaking rains in major farming areas across the Midwest delays planting. More news on: Invesco DB Agriculture ETF, Teucrium Corn ETF, Teucrium Wheat...

I admit it: I am a degenerate chocoholic. Since I was a child, I need a daily fix when it comes to the sweet treat. I love chocolate in all forms; I drink cocoa, eat dark and other kinds of chocolate bars, and enjoy it on ice cream. I even have a secret obsession with chocolate milk. While oth...

These days, all the talk is about trade disputes, tariffs, and protectionist policies. Protectionism distorts the price of commodities, which are global assets. Production occurs in parts of the world where the crust of the earth is rich in minerals, ores, metals, or energy. Agricultural produ...

The price of coffee has been in a bear market since trading to $1.76 per pound in November 2016. The high was nowhere near the all-time peak in the coffee futures market, which came way back in 1977 when it reached $3.3750 per pound. In 1997, coffee futures made a slightly lower high at $3.18,...