Archive for December, 2009

US HDD outlook

Author: Michael Ferrari, PhD
VP, Applied Technology & Research
 
Despite the cold weather that the northern/northeastern US is experiencing now, the pattern looks to turn to a more seasonal (and even milder) winter pattern vs. last year after the first week in Jan.  A shift to a warmer pattern vs last year is forecast for much on [...]

2010 Atlantic Basin Hurricane Forecast from Colorado State University

 

Weather Trends two week US minimum temperature forecast

Author: Michael Ferrari, PhD
VP, Applied Technology & Research

 

World Sugar update – 14 Dec

Author: Michael Ferrari, PhD
VP, Applied Technology & Research
This was issued on Monday morning, 14 Dec:
As there is no significant new fundamental news in world sugar, we turn the focus go the technical indicators regarding short term behavior in sugar futures. Tight global stocks at the end of the year are already priced in, and [...]

Grains/Oilseeds update – 14 Dec

Author: Michael Ferrari, PhD
VP, Applied Technology & Research
This was issued on Monday morning, 14 Dec:
The USDA’s corn estimate for carryover stocks is still in the 1.5 bln bu range per the December S&D report (up from the previous month), but momentum still supported the upward trend through the end of trading last week. Many [...]

US weather/natgas update – December 7, 2009

 
Author: Michael Ferrari, PhD
VP, Applied Technology & Research
As expected, natural gas futures saw some softening over the last few weeks as stock levels have have remained high, coupled with heating demand which has been unseasonably light across many of the US demand centers. With the arrival of the cold air and subsequent storms which [...]