We are entering the dead period for agricultural products. The harvest is almost in. Any weather events we see from here on will affect next year’s crop more than this year’s. There are no more significant, market-moving reports due out of the Department of Agriculture in the foreseeable future. And we enter the quit season [...]

I love it. First, Israel’s right-wing prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, calls for a snap election. Many observers are viewing this as a referendum on war with Iran. Then, terrorists blow up the Iran-Turkey pipeline, a major 1-million-barrel-a-day supplier to Europe. Next, we learn that U.S. troops have been dispatched to our ally, Jordan, to prevent [...]

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