“It’s getting late. Soon it will be too late.” That’s how we began last week’s blog post. We are now 8 days further into the planting season and the outlook has changed. “Soon” is now…. Read More
Will a Soggy Spring Rain Summer Trouble On Corn and Soybeans?
It’s getting late. Soon it will be too late. Pounding spring rains and devastating floods have made it impossible for farmers to plant across wide swaths of the American grain belt. Saturated soils are making… Read More
Trade Travails May Mean Once-In-A-Decade Buying Opportunity in Soybeans
Talk is cheap, especially when it comes to trade. Stock market bulls were confident that widely-expected trade deal between China and the US would be the catalyst that would spark a FOMO (fear of missing… Read More
Low Price = Bullish Opportunity in Natural Gas
2019 has not been kind for natural gas. Crude oil prices may have soared but natural gas deflated, tumbling as much as 34% from its highs in mid-January despite increasing demand and historically-low stockpiles. Part… Read More
Abnormally Low Volatility is an Opportunity to Play Sugar “Both Sides from the Middle”
If you’ve been wondering what has happened to volatility, you are not alone. One of the lead articles in today’s Wall Street Journal begins with: “An unusual period of calm has blanketed trading of stocks… Read More
RMB Group Senior Partner Steve Belmont and RMB Group Managed Futures Specialist Barry Potekin Discuss Managed Futures Accounts
Below is an interview conducted by RMB Group Senior Partner Steve Belmont with Barry Potekin, RMB Group Managed Futures Specialist SB: Barry, why don’t we start with a brief summary of your background, including your role here… Read More
Is Bitcoin Back?
It is certainly possible. It costs roughly $5,000 to “mine” one Bitcoin. Bitcoin was trading well below this level just a few weeks ago and has rallied 20% to just above it now. Want to know more about Bitcoin? Here is a newly-revised version of our report on Bitcoin that we posted last September… Read More
Platinum Strikes Back!
Poor platinum. Once the king of precious metals, it has spent the last eleven years wandering in the wilderness, losing value in nearly every year to both gold and sister-metal palladium. We’ve written about platinum… Read More
Silver for Pennies-on-the-Dollar
Silver can be frustrating for holders of the physical metal. Stuck in a sideways pattern since 2014, silver has been oscillating between support at roughly $14.00 per ounce and resistance at $21.00 per ounce. This… Read More
Pigs Are Going “Hog Wild”
Hog prices are soaring as the effects of African Swine Fever (ASF) are finally starting to hit home in pork-loving China. We wrote about ASF in a September blog post and recommended a six-month option… Read More