During the month of October, the top 3 performing sectors were: grains (4.76%), energies (2.93%), and currencies (0.15%). The bottom 3 sectors were: livestock (-4.85%), indices (-3.34%) and softs (-2.74%). COVID-19 cases surged around the world as cases topped 46.6 million. US daily COVID-19 cases increased to 81,000 per day,…

COVID-19   Europe Made Headlines with an acceleration in their case count during September to levels that matched or exceeded the case level in the US (45,000 or more per day on average) and at roughly the same amount of deaths (800 or so per day on average). Total 2020…

OPEC+ Maintained Production Cuts to 7.7 million barrels per day (mbpd) assuming that one does not count Iranian smuggling. OPEC itself pumped about 24.4 million barrels per day (mbpd) on average in September, a Reuter’s survey found, up 160,000 bpd from August’s revised figure and a further boost from the…

During the month of September, the top 3 performing sectors were: livestock (13.48%), grains (5.52%), interest rates (-0.13%), and the Barclays CTA Index (-0.13). The bottom 3 sectors were: softs (-8.51%), metals (-4.75%) and the indices (-4.14%). Grains and livestock showed strong returns as demand increased on a global scale.…