JO News and Press, iPathA Series B Bloomberg Coffee Subindex Total Return ETN From 05/28/19

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,...

Echoing a similar program last year, the Trump administration has rolled out a $16B plan, which won’t require congressional approval, to help farmers hit by the trade conflict with China. More news on: iPath Series B Bloomberg Coffee Subindex Total Return ETN, Invesco DB Agriculture...

I rarely trade Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice futures even though the market took the spotlight in the 1983 classic movie, Trading Places. In that movie, the Dukes believed they had possession of a market-moving OJ crop report before its release, but it turned out the information was wrong w...

Trade War panic has once again hit many commodities with grains and soft commodities (especially cotton, soybeans) taking it on the chin. The on again, off again Trade War discussions with China have created incredible volatility in commodity prices for more than a year. Some news and consulti...

The Trump administration is planning on providing about $15B in aid to help U.S. farmers whose products may be targeted by the newly unveiled Chinese tariffs. More news on: iPath Series B Bloomberg Coffee Subindex Total Return ETN, Invesco DB Agriculture ETF, Teucrium Corn ETF, Commoditi...

On Friday, May 10, at noon EST the US Department of Agriculture released its May World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates Report on a day where the market's attention was elsewhere. An environment where the US slapped new tariffs on China moved the WASDE report to the end of the line whe...

Coffee consumers of the world are cheering, while producers continue to shed tears into their coffee cups as the price of the soft commodity hit a new low this week. The price of nearby coffee futures on the Intercontinental Exchange fell to a low at 86.35 cents per pound on May 7 with nearby ...

In a market where most agricultural commodities are under siege, the price of cocoa has held up well. Cocoa trades on the Intercontinental Exchange with the other soft commodities. The price of sugar fell to its lowest level since 2008 last September at 9.83 cents per pound and was trading at ...

It is that time of the month again. If the prices of grains and most other agricultural commodities limped into the April WASDE report, they are crawling into the USDA's May release which is coming on May 10 at noon EST. There have been no new earth-shattering developments on trade between the...