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Wednesday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets

Prediction:

Wells Fargo execs are now selling their shares and this news will sink the stock once again.

My guess is that they announced the dividend increase and did everything they could to paint a "rosy" picture of their business in order cause the shorts to run for the door.

Now they have a second opportunity to get out with their heads and I bet you they will take it.

Reduced Yield Potential for U.S. Corn, Soybeans

What if the weather turns cold early in the fall or even late summer?

Corn needs all the time it can get and an early frost would be a disaster.

We've had a cold, super wet spring; what does history say about what comes in the fall of a spring like that?

Is Oil a Bubble? Part One

Looking at the chart, a big pullback is due. The question is what will send oil plummeting?

Sinking the price of oil will require a sinking of demand. Since the world runs on oil, the world will have to stop demanding it...

A worldwide recession?