May 11, 2022 | Free Access, Options Trading
Drought in Kansas Worsens World Wheat Shortfall We have written about how the war in Ukraine is affecting commodity prices. Oil and natural gas are up as foreign customers quit buying from Russia and look elsewhere. Some strategic minerals will be in short supply as... 
Apr 29, 2022 | Free Access, Options Trading
The President of Indonesia personally invited Vladimir Putin (and Volodymyr Zelensky) to the G20 economic summit in November in Bali, Indonesia. With Russia having become such a pariah due to its war in Ukraine many wonder just why Indonesia did this. The answer lies... 
Apr 19, 2022 | Free Access, Options Trading
Vladimir Putin is a student of Russian history. His interpretation is heavily biased and appears to miss Russia’s involvement in the first world war and the downfall of empires the conflict caused. The Chinese general Sun Tzu said that no country ever benefited from a... 
Apr 18, 2022 | Free Access, Options Trading
Russia is heading toward default on its debts for the first time in a century. The time of the Bolshevik Revolution was the last time that Russia did not pay its debts. How will this affect markets and will debt holders engage in a global search for Russia assets to... 
Mar 25, 2022 | Free Access, Options Trading
We used the price of oil as an example in our article about the commodity market fallout from the Ukraine crisis. And, there are other Ukraine crisis commodity option opportunities. These include sunflower seed products, corn, wheat and other agricultural products.... 
Mar 14, 2022 | Free Access, Options Trading
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has hurt the US stock market but the market effects have spilled over into China as well. China has seen a roughly $2 trillion selloff in its tech sector and has not yet hit bottom. Where is this coming from? Where is the bottom for... 