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Soybeans closed Tuesday with 5 to 7 cent gains across most contracts on Tuesday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was up 5 3/4 cents at $11.27 1/4.  Soymeal futures are up 80 cents to $1.10, with Soy Oil futures steady to 51 points lower. Crude oil was down $8.38 on the day as the US began escorting vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, though they did bounce $8 off the low on reports that Iran was placing mines in the waterway.Optimism held the market up ahead of a meeting between Secretary Bessent and Chinese counterparts this weekend in Paris. That…

Blockchain and crypto are technologies performing the same functions as existing financial infrastructure, so they shouldn’t be treated as separate asset classes when crafting legislation, according to the fintech chief of Australia’s securities regulator.In a paper presented at the Melbourne Money & Finance Conference on Wednesday, Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s (ASIC’s) head of fintech, Rhys Bollen, said crypto should be regulated on “economic substance rather than technological form.”Tokenized securities should fall within securities laws, and stablecoins should trigger payment services legislation, Bollen said, while noting that other elements of crypto may be subject to consumer protection laws.Bollen’s approach contrasts…

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Monday closed up +0.71%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up +0.39%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed up +1.13%.  March E-mini S&P futures (ESH26) rose +0.69%, and March E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQH26) rose +1.14%.Stocks during the morning traded lower on an overnight spike in oil prices above $100 per barrel, but were then able to recover after President Trump told CBS News in a phone interview that “I think the war is very complete, pretty much” and that the military operation is “very far” ahead of its 4-5 week timeframe. Join 200K+…

Oil prices fell while cryptocurrencies posted modest gains on Monday after US President Donald Trump told reporters that war with Iran could be coming to an end — even as he later ramped up the war rhetoric again on social media.In a phone interview with CBS News on Monday, Trump made it appear that the war in Iran was wrapping up. The US military claims to have struck more than 3,000 Iranian targets in the first week of operations.“I think the war is very complete, pretty much,” Donald Trump told CBS News. “If you look, they have nothing left. There’s…

U.S. equity markets remain unusually concentrated, with a small group of mega-cap stocks driving a disproportionate share of index returns. While that dynamic has rewarded investors in recent years, it has also raised questions about portfolio risk, diversification, and vulnerability to mean reversion. As advisors look for ways to manage concentration risk without sacrificing long-term return potential, dividend growth investing is re-emerging as a potential solution.   Nick Puncer, managing director and portfolio manager at Bahl & Gaynor, explores how dividend growth strategies can help manage risk while still aiming for competitive long-term returns.  CM: U.S. equity indices are increasingly dominated by a small group of…

Bitcoin fell nearly 2% in just 15 minutes on Sunday while oil prices rose almost 20% as the escalating Middle East conflict prompted fears of a major supply shortage in the global energy market.Data from decentralized derivatives platform Hyperliquid shows oil prices rose from $95 to $113.7 per barrel shortly after US futures markets opened, as Iraq warned that roughly 3 million barrels per day of production could be disrupted due to Iranian threats against tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.It’s the highest price oil has reached since April 2022, a few weeks after Russia commenced its invasion of Ukraine,…

Lean hog futures were mixed on Friday, with April down a nickel and the rest of the board up 20 to 67 cents. April was down a dime on the week. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $91.69 on Friday afternoon, up $1.95 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was 37 cents higher on March 4 at $90.55.Commitment of Traders data from Tuesday’s close showed managed money increasing their net long in lean hog futures and options by 7,053 contracts to 124,036 contracts. Don’t Miss a Day: From crude oil to coffee, sign up free for…

U.S. nonfarm payrolls fell by 92,000 in February, well below the consensus call for a 60,000 gain and a sharp reversal from January’s 126,000 increase, which was revised down from 130,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Revisions to prior months subtracted another 69,000 jobs, largely in December, leaving payrolls negative in two of the past three months. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.4% from 4.3%. The weakness was broad-based, with almost all major sectors losing jobs. Health care, a key engine of job growth in recent quarters, saw declines tied in part to strike activity, while employment in information and the federal government continued…

The Crypto Fear and Greed Index, one of the most widely used gauges of crypto investor sentiment, has fallen back down to “extreme fear” levels after briefly recovering on Wednesday.The Crypto Fear and Greed Index is at 18 at the time of this writing, down from the 20 recorded on Friday, according to CoinMarketCap. 20 signals “fear,” an atmosphere of caution among investors, but an improvement over rock-bottom market sentiment.Sentiment briefly spiked to 25 on Wednesday, but contracted as geopolitical tensions between the US, Israel and Iran continue to erode risk appetite and increase macroeconomic uncertainty among market participants. The…