Here is a market price prediction: If Newt Gingrich gets elected, gasoline will be $2.50 per gallon. That is his prediction, by the way, and not ours. And it is not altogether certain that $2.50 will be the exact target price, because Gingrich said that he picked $2.50 as a "stabilizing price for capital investment reasons." According to the former House Speaker, that number "could easily go down to $2."Gingrich took a play out of Michele Bachmann's playbook. Before she dropped out of the 2012 GOP presidential race, her pledge was to get gas prices below $2.00 per gallon. Her reasoning was that "a dollar in 2011 should be the same as a dollar in 1911. A dollar should be worth a dollar."So, how scary is it for the commodity sector that the...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Key Market Insights Geopolitical Limbo: Geopolitical risk remained a key driver across global commodity markets today. President Trump stated that the Iran memorandum of understanding is not yet final and warned that military action could resume if negotiations fail. Both sides continue w...
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