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Oil Prices Fall Back as Red Sea Oil Shipments Continue

WTI crude oil prices (CLU26) on Friday fell and gave back about half of Thursday’s 6% rally. Meanwhile, Sep Brent crude oil prices (CBU26) fell back to the $97 per barrel area after posting a 2-month high of $102 on Thu…

Chip Stock Sell-off Puts Downward Pressure on Broader Market

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Friday fell -0.08%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) rose +0.39%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) fell -1.27%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) fell -0.08%, and…

Soybeans Powering Higher on the Friday Session

Soybeans are trading with contracts 10 to 11 cents higher at Friday’s midday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is up 10 1/4 cents at $12.14 1/4. Soymeal futures are $2.20 to $2.50, with Soy Oil futures dow…

Corn Slipping Lower at Midday

Corn futures are fading off the early Wednesday session strength at midday, with contracts down fractionally to a penny. The front month national Cash Corn price from cmdtyView us down a penny at $3.76 ¼ per bu.

Chip Stock Sell-off Puts Downward Pressure on Broader Market

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Friday fell -0.08%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) rose +0.39%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) fell -1.27%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) fell -0.08%, and…

Dollar Little Changed as Oil Prices Fall Back

The dollar index (DXY00) on Friday ended the day little changed. The dollar index was undercut as oil prices fell back by about -3%. Also, the 10-year T-note yield fell -1.8 bp after posting a new 1.5-year high earlier …

Wildfires threaten Bordeaux as France and Spain battle blazes

Authorities in France are battling to contain a huge wildfire near Bordeaux in the south-west as Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, warned Spain and the Iberian peninsula were suffering the effects of the climate em…

How AI wealth could be distributed to all Americans

Bernie Sanders' recent proposal that the public should own half of artificial intelligence is unlikely to become policy anytime soon, but it reflects a broader debate that is gaining momentum among economists, technolog…

What a Major Anthropic Chip Deal Really Means for AMD Stock

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has added another important milestone to its artificial intelligence (AI) growth story this month. On July 22, AMD shares popped 1.45% after the chipmaker announced a multi-billion-dollar st…