JO News and Press, iPathA Series B Bloomberg Coffee Subindex Total Return ETN From 10/16/19

Despite China's pledge to buy more U.S. farm products, the commitment is clouded by uncertainty over how much, the time frame for purchases and what the U.S. may need to give in return, WSJ reports. More news on: Invesco DB Agriculture ETF, iPath Series B Bloomberg Coffee Subindex Tota...

Brazil is the world's leading producer of Arabica coffee beans. The South American nation has been the leader for more than a century and a half. In 2018, Brazil produced 2.598 million metric tons of coffee beans. Coffee plantations cover around 27,000 kilometers of Brazil, with the majority i...

On Thursday, October 10, the USDA will release its October World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. The October report comes during the height of the harvest season in the US. At the same time, it is now the planting season in the southern hemisphere. The WASDE report is the go...

Robusta coffee prices fell another 2.8% today to reach the lowest price level since 2010. Higher coffee production in Columbia and a strong flowering of crops in Brazil has pressured the market. More news on: iPath Series B Bloomberg Coffee Subindex Total Return ETN, Coffee Holding Co., In...

I'm a factual absolutist. And for me, factual absolutism in a pari-mutuel game, such as the financial markets, necessitates paying attention to trends. Here's why: fundamental data is widely reported. However, market prices show the reaction to that fundamental data. And those market react...

A strong dollar and the ongoing trade war between the US and China have caused weakness in the leading grain futures market since 2018. Last week, the dollar index made a new high on the December futures contract. On the trade front, while negotiations between the US and China continue, there ...

A funny meme has been making its way around institutional trading floors. The popular sentiment is that a confusing policy environment, turbulent politics, and an unstable geopolitical situation have made investing difficult. I'm certainly empathetic to this point of view. However, if we s...

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...

Trade on! That's right, now Donald Trump claims he was " surprised " when Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin asked China's trade delegation to cancel a scheduled US Farm Tour. That was the cause of Friday's sell-off as the Chinese delegation packed up their toys and went home early and was ...

We knew it was coming… The correction in the precious metals we talked about in our last blog post is now a reality. As we mentioned in our last post, we believe these corrections are healthy. Old resistance for silver at $17.50 per ounce is now support. Ditto for old resistance at $1...