Brian Wittal

Nov. 30 — Markets were mixed at the open, but as the day went on, buying interest seemed to improve and we saw some nice gains in most markets, especially grains. The trade seemed to put the Dubai news aside and ignored it as the day went on, which hopefully is a good sign that […] Read more

Nov. 27 — Alarming news out of Dubai that Dubai World could default on some of  its estimated US$59 billion debt sent financial markets tumbling, pulling all other markets down as well. As the day went on we did see a retracement in grains, as the U.S. dollar backed down off its highs for the […] Read more

Nov. 26 — With the U.S. markets closed for Thanksgiving there wasn’t a lot of activity on the Canadian side today. The Canadian dollar closed down 1.47 cents today at US94.17 cents. The Dow Jones December quote closed down 179 points at 10,263 today. Crude oil closed up $1.73 today at US$77.96 per barrel. Canadian […] Read more

Nov. 25 — Markets were buoyed by the continued surge in gold values and the drop in the U.S. dollar. This was enough to embolden speculators to re-enter the markets ahead of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday and take positions in anticipation of further drops in the U.S. dollar over the next few weeks. The U.S. […] Read more

Nov. 24 — A typical turnaround Tuesday had financial and energy markets falling back slightly from yesterday’s positive close. U.S. grain markets were mixed, with beans being the only grain to show gains on the day as continued new sales helped support the futures. Corn and wheat took some hard hits today, with wheat seeing […] Read more

Nov. 23 –– Financial markets found new momentum today and regained most of the losses from last week. The energy sector was rather quiet but ended the day with small gains in both crude and natural gas.  U.S. grain markets started the day with solid gains as speculators tried to push futures in the hopes […] Read more

Nov. 20 — Financial markets continued to be in a bad mood again today and closed with losses across the board, which also led crude oil to finish with losses on the day as well. The U.S. grain markets were mixed with corn and wheat down again today while beans were able to hold onto […] Read more

Nov. 19 –– Financial markets were in a bad mood from the start and ended up with losses across the board. Gold was steady today with very little change, up less than a dollar on the day, closing at $1,141.90 on December futures. The energy sector took its cue from the financials and ended down […] Read more

Nov. 18 — Financial markets were quiet and ended down slightly even with the U.S. dollar falling. Gold was steady to up today, closing at $1,141 on December futures. The energy sector was mixed, with crude up marginally and natural gas down on the day. U.S. grain markets started the day in a positive mood […] Read more

Nov. 17 –– Financial markets were quiet or down a little today as the U.S. dollar rallied back to regain what it lost yesterday. Gold was steady to unchanged on the day. The energy sector was steady, with crude up just slightly on the day. The U.S. grain markets were mixed, with corn down slightly […] Read more