Brian Wittal

July 23 — Financial markets showed some life today with steady gains in the indexes and the currencies. The Canadian dollar continues to climb, with a gain of 1.09 cents […] Read more

July 22 — Financial markets were rather quiet today, with limited trading volumes and little movement either way. The Canadian dollar continues to climb, with a gain of 1.56 cents […] Read more

July 21 — Financial markets remained steady to up again today, but that wasn’t enough to help grain futures, as they continued to fall due to the ideal growing conditions […] Read more

July 20 — I made it back from our trek on the West Coast trail alive and well, albeit a little stiff, sore and bruised. I got home at 2 […] Read more

July 9 — Financial markets were mixed to up slightly today as some of the earnings reports coming out from major companies such as Alcoa aren’t quite as bad as […] Read more

July 8 — Financial markets were a little better today but still ended the day with small losses for the most part. The U.S. dollar rose half a cent today […] Read more

July 7 — World and U.S. financial markets were on shaky ground today as traders are becoming a little leery. The second-quarter earnings report for the Standard and Poor’s (S+P) […] Read more

July 6 — World and U.S. equity markets struggled overnight and finished mixed to down for the day. U.S. employment numbers showed more jobs lost than expected and this pressured […] Read more

July 2 — U.S. markets showed some strength yesterday (July 1) so it was expected that Canadian markets would follow suit today. Overnight markets took on a negative tone, however, […] Read more

June 30 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s acreage and inventory report came out this morning and overall the report was viewed as being slightly negative for all grains. Corn […] Read more