What factors influence the price of soybeans?

Market Leader informed

The main factors that should be taken into account when considering the price of soybeans are global production, exports, imports, consumption, seasonality, weather conditions and stocks.

Production. On April 8^th the USDA released another report, according to which the global consumption of soybeans in the 2010/11 marketing year is expected to reach 260,972K tons, which is 2,570K tons more than was predicted in March and almost 1M tons more than it was in 2009/10.

A production increase is anticipated in Brazil and Paraguay. The forecasts for the US, Argentina, China, India and Canada remain the same: 90,6M, 49,5M, 15,2M, 9,6M and 4,35M tons correspondingly.

The US market of natural gas: what prices will it show to investors?

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 At the moment the US market is accumulating natural gas in advance of the summer season of “conditioning” (The consumption of electricity grows during summer as conditioners consume a lot of energy).

 

Unexpected First Results of Broker Ratings by the Masterforex-V Academy

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Forex news. Selecting a reliable forex broker is something even experienced traders face real difficulty in. One should analyze dozens of parameters the broking company in question is characterized by – from its licenses and country of registration to order execution time, technical support and client services.

 

How can one select 2-3 best forex brokers from hundreds? One should evaluate quality of order execution, price accuracy, request details of trading terms and conditions, particularly spreads for traded forex pairs which are often posted in quite an inconspicuous place, to put it mildly. Their value is given with a very small note ‘this is the minimum spread’.