Brian Wittal

Dec. 3 — Financial and energy markets were mixed today. Gold continues to climb slow and steady, and the U.S. dollar dropped slightly. Grains showed mixed results, as beans posted gains on the day primarily due to speculative interest, while corn and wheat ended with losses as there was very limited trade happening today, which […] Read more

Dec. 2 — Outside markets were mixed today, with gold continuing to climb while financial and energy markets ended with losses on the day as the U.S. dollar rose a quarter of a cent. Grains showed losses across the board as profit-taking was the focus of the day. Gold closed up $12.80 at $1,212.50. The […] Read more

Dec. 1 –– Outside markets showed good strength, with gold reaching new all-time highs and the Dow Jones hitting its highest level so far for 2009. The U.S. dollar continued to drop, which helped spur buying of commodities. Grains followed the momentum, but that soon stalled out and sent things back down, with some grains […] Read more

Nov. 30 — Markets were mixed at the open, but as the day went on, buying interest seemed to improve and we saw some nice gains in most markets, especially grains. The trade seemed to put the Dubai news aside and ignored it as the day went on, which hopefully is a good sign that […] Read more

Nov. 27 — Alarming news out of Dubai that Dubai World could default on some of  its estimated US$59 billion debt sent financial markets tumbling, pulling all other markets down as well. As the day went on we did see a retracement in grains, as the U.S. dollar backed down off its highs for the […] Read more

Nov. 26 — With the U.S. markets closed for Thanksgiving there wasn’t a lot of activity on the Canadian side today. The Canadian dollar closed down 1.47 cents today at US94.17 cents. The Dow Jones December quote closed down 179 points at 10,263 today. Crude oil closed up $1.73 today at US$77.96 per barrel. Canadian […] Read more

Nov. 25 — Markets were buoyed by the continued surge in gold values and the drop in the U.S. dollar. This was enough to embolden speculators to re-enter the markets ahead of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday and take positions in anticipation of further drops in the U.S. dollar over the next few weeks. The U.S. […] Read more

Nov. 24 — A typical turnaround Tuesday had financial and energy markets falling back slightly from yesterday’s positive close. U.S. grain markets were mixed, with beans being the only grain to show gains on the day as continued new sales helped support the futures. Corn and wheat took some hard hits today, with wheat seeing […] Read more

Nov. 23 –– Financial markets found new momentum today and regained most of the losses from last week. The energy sector was rather quiet but ended the day with small gains in both crude and natural gas.  U.S. grain markets started the day with solid gains as speculators tried to push futures in the hopes […] Read more

Nov. 20 — Financial markets continued to be in a bad mood again today and closed with losses across the board, which also led crude oil to finish with losses on the day as well. The U.S. grain markets were mixed with corn and wheat down again today while beans were able to hold onto […] Read more