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Doane Cotton Close: Prices Rebound with Outside Support Mar 12, 2015
Finally a rebound after 10 straight losing sessions! Credit a rebound for the stock market and a breather for the red hot dollar. In hindsight, we should have been more […]
Doane Cotton Close: “Slow Leak” Continues Mar 11, 2015
This “slow leak” continues and now in its 10th straight session and the longest losing streak since November 2013. Just as speculators had led the mid-January to late February charge […]
Doane Cotton Close: USDA Raises Beginning Stocks Mar 10, 2015
March adjustments were price neutral at the U.S. level, but price negative for the global balance sheet. So now we’ve got prices closing lower 9 straight sessions. Pre-release estimates for […]
Doane Cotton Close: Market Proved Vulnerable Mar 6, 2015
The cotton market proved vulnerable Friday. Cotton futures were under pressure through the trading session and ended lower. ICE May had the largest losses, down 26 points at close to […]
Doane Cotton Close: Exports Down, Fund Buying Dries Up Mar 5, 2015
It’s Thursday and time for the week in review: A strong dollar and ideas that 2015 global cotton acreage may not drop as much as previously expected (and global consumption […]
Doane Cotton Close: Acreage May Not Drop, Market Turns Negative Mar 4, 2015
REPEATING TUESDAY ADVICE ALERT: Push new crop sales another 10%; be 15% priced if a strictly cash marketer and 20% if a futures/options user. A strong dollar and ideas that […]
Doane Cotton Close: Lower Global Demand Expectations Mar 3, 2015
Advice Alert: Push new crop sales another 10%; be 15% priced if a strictly cash marketer and 20% if a futures/options user. Funds buying cooled off today and that’s all […]
Doane Cotton Close: Market Follows Stock Exchange Mar 2, 2015
Cotton continues to march to the beat of a different drummer from other commodities. The drummer is the value of the dollar or movement on the NY stock exchange, which […]
Doane Cotton Close: Technical Selling, Profit-Taking Weigh on Market Feb 27, 2015
The cotton market proved vulnerable Friday. Led by the front-month March contract, cotton futures were under pressure through the trading session and ended lower. The March contract tried to test […]
Doane Cotton Close: Lack of Deliverable Supplies Supports March Feb 25, 2015
The lack of deliverable supplies against the expiring March future continued supporting the expiring contract today. In contrast, the deferred contracts traded weakly in early-morning action before turning significantly higher […]
