The New Year will get off to a very nervous start with three major factors set to impact at the least the first few weeks of trading in 2013. Those factors are:
The Fiscal Cliff: Today is the last day of negotiating before the U.S. does, indeed, tip over the fiscal cliff. Hopes for some sort of agreement or compromise over this past weekend failed, like every other attempt has over the past year. The specter of the fiscal cliff has had an impact on investors of every description. At the very least, they have moved money into "safe" investments, if there is such a thing these days. At worst, they have taken all of their money out of the market and buried it their backyards. In either case, commodity prices have been steadily softening...
Key Takeaways: Brazil confirmed a Newcastle disease outbreak at a commercial turkey farm in Santa Catarina on 18 October, raising concerns about potential disruptions to poultry exports despite the outbreak being confined to a single facility thus far. Mexico and Malaysia have imposed nationwi...
Yesterday, Alberta held a referendum on whether to begin the process toward independence from Canada. With more than one million votes counted as of early Tuesday morning, around 77 percent supported remaining in Canada, and 23 percent voted to start the process of separation, according to unof...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Pakistan’s smaller wheat farmers have been holding protests to complain about the lack of a support price for wheat and the potential expansion of GMO crop production. They also want the reinstatement of PASSCO, the governme...
