Oil futures opened the year with a modest decline as the continuing Ukraine-Russia war and rising Middle East tensions countered concerns about oversupply.

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U.S. stock futures advanced on the first trading day of the new year, with precious metals continuing their meteoric rally. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 0.2%, to 48434. S&P 500 futures gained 0.

When the spread between futures and spot gets distorted, it suggests there is dislocation in the market. Read more here.

Simplify Managed Futures Strategy ETF (NYSEARCA:CTA) has disappointed investors seeking diversification through trend-following strategies. Since launching in March 2022, the fund has struggled to generate meaningful returns in the low-volatility equity bull market environment that has dominated recent years.

Dave Chatterton with Strategic Farm Marketing says corn, soybeans and wheat were all lower on Thursday after running into solid chart resistance. “So the overhead resistance that’s been tested here of late, we’ll call it $4.25 in the Dec corn, $4.30 ...

Silver prices have more than doubled in 2025, outpacing this year's surge in gold prices, as investors seek safe haven investments.

Futures contract is a derivative instrument based on the SiMSCI Index, which measures the performance of the large and mid-cap segments of the Singapore ma... Read more at The Business Times.

Live and feeder cattle futures were higher Thursday and are seeing continued buying Friday morning pushed by sharply higher cash trade in the North. Scott Varilek with Kooima Kooima Varilek says Thursday saw the volume of live sale prices at $220, up $10 ...

Market veteran Peter Brandt warned silver traders on X that prices can reverse suddenly and significantly.

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