Is higher volatility making a comeback?
- Options on US equities might be signaling a nascent trend to higher volatility
- Volatility in bonds, grains, gold and silver appear to be on the rise as well
- Copper volatility has been restrained despite escalating trade war, price drop
- US monetary policy has typically been the underlying cause for higher volatility
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Is US corn belt losing hold over crop prices?
- Corn, wheat have displayed a spring-summer rally-bust cycle since 2014
- Pattern could be tied to growing geographical diversity in crop production
- Black Sea region, South America challenge US dominance in corn exports
- Wheat exports, once dominated by US, now ruled by Black Sea region
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