Corn Market Fading Wednesday Gains at Midday
Corn prices are down 5 to 8 cents at midday on Thursday amid a sharp slide in overall ag commodity prices and poor weekly export sales numbers. Futures had posted gains of 5 to 9 cents yesterday, gett…
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Here's what to expect when Netflix reports earnings after the bell
Here's how Netflix is expected to perform for the period ended June 30, according to estimates from analysts polled by LSEG:
Dollar Strength Sparks Long Liquidation in Crude Oil Futures
Crude oil and gasoline prices gave up early gains on Thursday and settled lower, as a stronger dollar sparked profit-taking and long liquidation. Crude prices are supported by heightened US-Iran tensi…
Silver tests key support in downtrend: Hourly levels
NATURAL GAS below its 1D MA50 after almost 2 months.Natural Gas (NG1!) just broke today below its 1D MA50 (blue trend-line) after almost 2 months (since May 14 2026). This is taking place after yester…
Cocoa Prices Sink on Tepid European Cocoa Demand
September ICE NY cocoa (CCU26) on Thursday closed down -521 (-8.86%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU26) closed down -385 (-8.82%).
Soybeans Give Back Early Session Gains on Thursday
Soybean futures are trading 5 to 6 cents lower at midday on profit taking after the rally on Wednesday had boosted prices above the $12 round number resistance. Futures settled 7 ½ to 11 cents higher …
Alphabet shares fall on report its most powerful AI model Gemini 3.5 Pro is delayed
Alphabet shares sank 4% on Thursday following a report that the company has delayed releasing its flagship artificial intelligence model.
Hog Bulls Look for Follow-Up as Pork Firms, Mostly Higher at Midday
Lean hog futures are mostly higher at midday on Thursday, with nearby August down a nickel as this is writer. Other contracts are up 47 to 87 cents. Lean hog futures posted gains of $1.05 to $2.35 acr…
Thursday's ETF Movers: IHI, PTF
And underperforming other ETFs today is the Invesco Dorsey Wright Technology Momentum ETF, off about 5.5% in Thursday afternoon trading. Among components of that ETF with the weakest showing on Thursd…
Edwards Lifesciences Achieves #70 Analyst Rank, Surpassing Intuit
In a study of analyst recommendations at the major brokerages, for the underlying components of the S&P 500, Edwards Lifesciences Corp (Symbol: EW) has taken over the #70 spot from Intuit Inc (Symbol:…
Thursday Sector Leaders: Trucking, Paper & Forest Products
Also showing relative strength are paper & forest products shares, up on the day by about 3.5% as a group, led by Sylvamo, trading higher by about 6.1% and Louisiana-Pacific, trading up by about 4.2% …
Oil is facing a supply crunch — and the war in Iran isn’t the only problem
Prices at the pump have surged and global fertilizer shortages are spreading because of the war in Iran, but the most immediate supply chain crisis hitting consumers may be one that arrives every 5,00…
Oil prices dip but hold near highest in a month on Middle East tensions
July 16 (Reuters) - Oil prices edged lower on Thursday but held near the highest since mid-June as the Iran war escalated, with Tehran asking Yemen's Houthi movement to be prepared to close the Red S…
Why McDonald's stock is at nearly 2-year lows
Quick insight: McDonald's share price is now hovering around two-year lows, according to Yahoo Finance AlphaSpace data. At a forward P/E multiple of about 20.7 times, the Golden Arches' stock trades o…
A priority for the next chancellor: boost the London stock market
Politicians need to see there’s something worth boosting. The current hollowing-out is not healthy
Wheat Rallies on Wednesday following Black Sea Escalation
The wheat complex was in rally mode leading to the grains higher on Wednesday, with export concerns out of the Black Sea. Chicago SRW contracts were mostly 26 to 32 1/2 cents in the green at the close…
Sen. Warren says Trump's CFPB overhaul has cost Americans $26.5 billion
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said Thursday that the Trump administration's overhaul of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has cost Americans up to $26.5 billion so far, the latest Democratic …
Trump suspends teleprompter operator over Kalshi bets allegations, White House says
President Donald Trump's longtime teleprompter operator is under investigation by federal regulators in connection with bets they allegedly made on the prediction market platform Kalshi related to sta…
SpaceX’s Starship is set for takeoff — and its floundering stock could use the lift
The megarocket’s success is SpaceX’s “single most important watch item,” one analyst says.
He backed Tesla and SpaceX before anyone else — here is the impossible bet he is making now
This isn’t the new Musk biography everyone’s talking about. This is the 2015 Musk biography by Ashlee Vance. I started reading it in July, before I knew there was a new one. It’s fine: Musk never chan…
Why Sandisk Stock Skyrocketed 857% In the First Half of 2026
Sandisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) stock has accelerated in 2026 as the company taps into the surging demand for memory processors. Sandisk is a leader in NAND Flash memory, which is used for everything from smar…
As prediction markets boom, questions arise over who will be the watchdog
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has been the lead regulator on event contract exchanges for over 30 years after it issued a 1992 ruling on the Iowa Electronic Markets, widely recognized as th…
IRS chief Bisignano: 'We should have every family enrolled in a Trump Account'
IRS CEO Frank Bisignano, who has been tapped to lead the expansion of Trump Accounts, told CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Thursday that he expects every family could someday have one of the new tax-deferred i…
Horizon Kinetics Asset Management buys $2,268 in RENN fund shares
Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC, a 10% owner and investment adviser to RENN Fund, Inc., made an open-market purchase of 756 shares of Common Stock at $3.00 per share on July 13, 2026, bringing i…