Feeder Cash Market Leads Live Cattle Futures

Feeder Cash Market Leads Live Cattle Futures

Trey Freeman, Commodity Futures Broker/Livestock Agent, Ever.Ag The fed cattle cash market continues to lead live cattle futures, with the most active August contract selling at a steep $10 per hundredweight discount to last week’s 5-zone average price of 192.55 dollars. June futures, set to expire next Friday, also remain at a discount, currently $6 … Read more

New oil and natural gas employment and production data

New oil and natural gas employment and production data

Citing the latest Current Employment Statistics (CES) report from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the Texas Association of Independent Producers and Royalty Owners (TIPRO) today highlighted new employment numbers that show a decline in upstream employment for the month of May 2024. Image for illustration purposes Texas frontier business – Advertising – Texas … Read more

Ron Insana: Never mind the narrow leadership. This is a powerful bull market

Ron Insana: Never mind the narrow leadership.  This is a powerful bull market

Recently there has been a great deal of nervous chatter about the state of the stock market. It’s true that market leadership is tight, and a handful of tech and artificial intelligence names account for most of this year’s gains for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite — and the indexes have recently hit record … Read more

The Fed is already too late to cut interest rates and now a crisis is brewing, strategist says

The Fed is already too late to cut interest rates and now a crisis is brewing, strategist says

Jim Thorne, Chief Market Strategist at Wellington-Altus, spoke with Quartz for the latest installment of our “Smart Investing” video series. Watch the interview above and check out the transcript below. The transcript of this conversation has been lightly edited for length and clarity. ANDY MILLS (AM): The Federal Reserve has indicated that they will will … Read more

The types of workers most needed in San Angelo’s hot job market

The types of workers most needed in San Angelo's hot job market

Financial managers 106 142 12 $63.76 $132,629 Pharmacists 113 116 4 $59.44 $123,640 Industrial Production Managers 51 61 5 $57.91 120 442 dollars attorneys 143 162 9 $57.85 $120,338 Personal Service Managers, All Others; Managers of entertainment and entertainment, except gambling; and managers, everyone else 63 81 8 $56.75 $118,041 Nurse Practitioners 98 144 11 … Read more

Market may take normal, routine pause after record highs, strategist says: ‘Now is the time if you have profits to book them’

Market may take normal, routine pause after record highs, strategist says: 'Now is the time if you have profits to book them'

A leading market strategist thinks markets could stall ahead of some major market index events and the start of the second half of the year, with stock indexes trading at all-time highs. What happened: The technology giant NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) recently passed Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) to briefly become the world’s most … Read more

Beyond NVDA: Where else can you profit amid market rotation?

Beyond NVDA: Where else can you profit amid market rotation?

Technology stocks have led this market. The inflows of technology funds have been huge. But we’re seeing some preliminary spins behind the scenes. What does it mean? Will it continue? What other stocks and sectors should you consider – beyond big-name, widely recognized names? Nvidia Corp. (NVDA)? See what a handful of MoneyShow’s expert contributors … Read more

Le Pen’s rise sets up the French debt market for years of pain

Le Pen's rise sets up the French debt market for years of pain

(Bloomberg) — Bond investors will set a higher interest rate on French government borrowing for years, in a regime change that could have far-reaching consequences for Europe’s second-largest economy. Most Read by Bloomberg Even if Marine Le Pen’s National Rally does not have an outright majority in the next vote, Insurance Company Zurich and Neuberger … Read more

How much money do Americans need in emergency savings to be comfortable, and how much do they have

How much money do Americans need in emergency savings to be comfortable, and how much do they have

Although many Americans know how much money they would need in their emergency fund to get comfortable, reaching that goal is easier said than done. Nearly 90% of Americans agree with the traditional rule of thumb: Save enough money to cover at least three months of expenses, according to Bankrate’s “2024 Annual Emergency Savings Report.” … Read more