May and July cotton futures are locked on a 4c limit gain at midday. The New crop futures are also up by 53 to 98 points. The Cotlook A Index dropped by 80 points to 100.70 cents for 2/26. The AWP was 168 points stronger at 75.12 cents. ICE certified...
Chicago Board of Trade corn futures closed firmer for the second consecutive session on Tuesday, as the market extended a rebound from three-year lows reached in the front-month contract on Monday.
U.S. stocks held near flat on Tuesday ahead of inflation and other economic data that could shed light on the possible timing of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut.
(RTTNews) - At the Mobile World Congress, Google, the subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. (GOOG), unveiled an array of innovative features that are set to revolutionize the world of Android devices and Wear OS smartwatches.
Front month lean hog futures are down by 15 to 50 cents so far on Tuesday. USDA’s National Average Base Hog price was 61 cents higher on Tuesday morning at $70.70. The CME Lean Hog Index was $79.10 on 2/22, up by another 23 cents. Monthly Cold Storage data from...
Front month wheat futures are trading with 7 to 8 ¾ cent gains so far through midday in Chicago. The Hard Red Winter wheat futures are up by as much as 10 ¾ cents so far. Spring wheat prices are sitting 5 to 6 ¼ cents higher. Wire sources had...
Financial stocks were mixed in Tuesday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index rising 0.2% and the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) shedding 0.1%.
On 2/29/24, Bank of America Corp's 5.000% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series LL (Symbol: BAC.PRN) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.3125, payable on 3/18/24. As a percentage of BAC.PRN's recent share price of $22.87, this dividend works out to approx
On 2/29/24, Pennymac Mortgage Investment Trust's 8.00% Series B Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest (Symbol: PMT.PRB) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.50, payable on 3/15/24. As a percentage of PMT.PRB's r
On 2/29/24, Chimera Investment Corp's 8.00% Series B Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (Symbol: CIM.PRB) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.50, payable on 4/1/24. As a percentage of CIM.PRB's recent share price of $24.44, this di
On 2/29/24, FG Financial Group, Inc's 8.00% Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock (Symbol: FGFPP) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.50, payable on 3/15/24. As a percentage of FGFPP's recent share price of $17.25, this dividend works out to approximately 2.9
On 2/29/24, Star Equity Holdings Inc's 10.00% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (Symbol: STRRP) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.25, payable on 3/11/24. As a percentage of STRRP's recent share price of $9.68, this dividend works out to approx
On 2/29/24, Chimera Investment Corp's 8.00% Series D Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (Symbol: CIM.PRD) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.50, payable on 4/1/24. As a percentage of CIM.PRD's recent share price of $24.21, this di
As the saying goes, there are many possible reasons for an insider to sell a stock, but only one reason to buy -- they expect to make money. So let's look at two noteworthy recent insider buys.
At Pinstripes Holdings, a filing with the SEC revealed that on Monday, Chief Financ
On 2/29/24, Steel Partners Holdings LP's 6.00% Ser A Cumulative Preferred Units Due 2/07/2026 (Symbol: SPLP.PRA) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.375, payable on 3/15/24. As a percentage of SPLP.PRA's recent share price of $24.25, this dividend works out
April WTI crude oil (CLJ24 ) this morning is up +0.86 (+1.11%), and Apr RBOB gasoline (RBJ24 ) is up +2.63 (+1.03%). Crude oil and gasoline prices this morning are moderately higher, with gasoline posting a 1-week high. A weaker dollar today is supportive of energy prices. Also, geopolitical risks...
On 2/29/24, Chimera Investment Corp's 8.00% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (Symbol: CIM.PRA) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.50, payable on 4/1/24. As a percentage of CIM.PRA's recent share price of $21.61, this dividend works out to app
Construction company Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ: STRL) is controlling costs and delivering a lot better profitability numbers than Wall Street had predicted. Investors are buying in, sending shares of Sterling up 21% as of 12:30 ET on Tuesday.
The American economy has remained defiantly strong over the past few years amid a global pandemic, recession warnings, interest rate hikes, a politically-motivated debt default crisis, a series of...
The iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Tuesday, with over 3.1 million shares traded versus three month average volume of about 558,000. Shares of IJH were up about 0.4% on the day.
Components of that ETF with the highest volu