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Sun, Dec 7th, 2025

Rich Asplund

Sun, Dec 7th, 2025

Rich Asplund

Rich Asplund

Richard is an investment analyst covering the global financial, equity, commodity, and clean energy markets.  Richard is the author of Profiting from Clean Energy: A Complete Guide to Trading Green in the Solar, Wind, Ethanol, Fuel Cell, Carbon Credit Industries, and more (Wiley, 2008) and is the contributing author of The CRB Commodity Yearbook (Wiley, 2003 through 2021) and The CRB Encyclopedia of Commodity and Financial Prices (Wiley, 2006, 2009).  Richard has been interviewed on CNBC, Fox, Bloomberg TV, Japanese NHK TV, and National Public Radio, and has been quoted in print publications such as Dow Jones, Reuters, USA Today, Newsweek and others.

Most Recent Stories

Stocks Finish Higher as Price Pressures Ease

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Friday closed up by +0.19%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up by +0.22%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up by +0.43%. December...

MSTR : 178.99 (-3.77%)
AVGO : 390.24 (+2.42%)
ADI : 281.29 (+1.45%)
GLXY : 25.51 (-7.47%)
TTAN : 105.60 (+10.47%)
TXN : 182.54 (+1.34%)
$IUXX : 25,692.05 (+0.43%)
COIN : 269.73 (-1.58%)
RBRK : 86.27 (+22.49%)
ZNH26 : 112-165s (-0.18%)
S : 14.52 (-14.44%)
ESZ25 : 6,878.25s (+0.17%)
Dollar Recovers Early Losses as Bond Yields Rise

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Friday rose by +0.02%. The dollar recovered from early losses on Friday and finished little changed. Friday's rally in stocks reduced liquidity demand for the dollar. The...

DXY00 : 98.992s (unch)
GCG26 : 4,243.0s (unch)
SIH26 : 59.053s (+2.72%)
^USDJPY : 155.364 (+0.15%)
^EURUSD : 1.16441 (unch)
Crude Prices Supported by Geopolitical Tensions and Economic Optimism

January WTI crude oil (CLF26 ) on Friday closed up +0.41 (+0.69%), and January RBOB gasoline (RBF26 ) closed up +0.0070 (+0.38%). Crude oil and gasoline prices settled higher on Friday, with crude oil...

CLF26 : 60.08s (+0.69%)
RBF26 : 1.8341s (+0.38%)
Nat-Gas Prices Soar as Frigid US Temps to Persist

January Nymex natural gas (NGF26 ) on Friday closed up sharply by +0.226 (+4.46%). Jan nat-gas prices soared on Friday to a nearly 3-year nearest-futures high as forecasts of frigid US temperatures are...

NGF26 : 5.289s (+4.46%)
Sugar Prices Pressured by a Weak Brazilian Real

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) on Friday closed down -0.08 (-0.54%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26 ) closed up +0.40 (+0.09%). Sugar prices settled mixed on Friday, pressured by a weak...

SBH26 : 14.80s (-0.54%)
^USDBRL : 5.43890 (+2.43%)
SWH26 : 425.60s (+0.09%)
Cocoa Prices Sharply Higher on the Prospects of a Smaller Global Surplus

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH26 ) on Friday closed up +210 (+3.83%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH26 ) closed up +98 (+2.48%). Cocoa prices rallied sharply on Friday, with NY cocoa posting a 3-week high....

CCH26 : 5,696s (+3.83%)
CAH26 : 4,057s (+2.48%)
Coffee Prices Retreat as the Brazilian Real Slumps

March arabica coffee (KCH26 ) on Friday closed down -5.65 (-1.48%), and January ICE robusta coffee (RMF26 ) closed down -7 (-0.16%). Coffee prices were under pressure Friday, with robusta falling to a...

^USDBRL : 5.43890 (+2.43%)
RMH26 : 4,178s (-1.28%)
KCH26 : 374.85s (-1.48%)
Sugar Prices Slide as the Brazilian Real Weakens

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) today is down -0.12 (-0.81%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26 ) is down -1.20 (-0.28%). Sugar prices are moving lower today due to a slump in the Brazilian...

SBH26 : 14.80s (-0.54%)
^USDBRL : 5.43890 (+2.43%)
SWH26 : 425.60s (+0.09%)
Cocoa Prices Climb on the Outlook for Smaller Global Supplies

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH26 ) today is up +229 (+4.17%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH26 ) is up +112 (+2.83%). Cocoa prices are sharply higher today, with NY cocoa posting a 3-week high. The outlook...

CCH26 : 5,696s (+3.83%)
CAH26 : 4,057s (+2.48%)
Coffee Prices Pressured by Brazilian Real Weakness

March arabica coffee (KCH26 ) today is down -5.10 (-1.34%), and January ICE robusta coffee (RMF26 ) is down -11 (-0.26%). Coffee prices are under pressure today, with robusta falling to a 2-week low. ...

^USDBRL : 5.43890 (+2.43%)
RMH26 : 4,178s (-1.28%)
KCH26 : 374.85s (-1.48%)

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