Soybean futures have dropped to 14-month lows and corn is seemingly unable to break through a brick wall at $3.96/bu. The bears are seemingly winning over the bulls and their weather concerns. Soybeans broke lower last week from the Brazilian currency tanking with the JBS corruption scandal, which made Brazilian beans cheaper for foreign buyers (but did producers… Read more »
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The US Raises Interest Rates and the Canadian Dollar Goes Up – What is Going On?
Markets move up and down on news, anticipation and results. The currency market has some somewhat predictable drivers of the value of a given country’s currency. This past week, the United States Federal Reserve raised interest rates 0.25% and the impact in the Canadian Dollar value against the US dollar was a head scratcher. Although… Read more »