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Inflationary pressures could drive support to ag markets | Weekly Commodity Market Update​

Feb 18, 2025 #inflation #agriculture #news

This week Will and Ben discuss how higher than expected inflation measurements could benefit agriculture.


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Steel Prices Climb & Copper Faces Volatility –Your Questions, Answered!​

📈 Check Scrap Prices: https://iScrapApp.com/ - This week, we're answering your biggest questions about the scrap metal market! From why steel prices are climbing to what’s next for copper and catalytic converters, we break it all down so you can stay ahead of the game.
👉 Read more: https://iscrapapp.com/blog/weekly-scr...


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Wall Street Breakfast Podcast: Palantir Drops On Defense Cut Memo​

Summary​

  • Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) fell over 10% after a memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suggested budget cuts, impacting future defense contracts.
  • Airbus expects to deliver around 820 commercial planes this year despite supply chain challenges, pushing A350 freighter service to the second half of 2027.
  • Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is discontinuing its Chime communication service, with full support ending by February 20, 2026, after failing to compete with established platforms.
  • Key upcoming events include Walmart's earnings call, Visa's Investor Day, and presentations from major companies at the CAGNY and Barclays Industrial Select Conferences.
 

Dow futures drop 100 points as Walmart shares slide after earnings: Live updates​

Stock futures moved lower Thursday, a day after the S&P 500 hit a fresh all-time high, while retail giant Walmart slid after issuing a disappointing outlook.

Futures linked to the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 110 points, or 0.3%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 futures shed 0.2% each.

Dow member Walmart dropped more than 7% after the company said it expects fiscal year sales to grow between 3% and 4%. The company’s fiscal 2026 earnings outlook, meanwhile, was also below analyst expectations. The weak guidance overshadowed fiscal fourth-quarter earnings that topped estimates.

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Bancosta Week 7

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World Container Index - 20 Feb

20 Feb 2025: Drewry’s World Container Index decreased 10% to $2,795 per 40ft container this week.
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Baltic Exchange Dry Index - Price - Chart - Historical Data - News

Baltic Dry decreased 56 points or 5.62% since the beginning of 2025, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. Baltic Exchange Dry Index - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on February of 2025.
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The Rower Turned Engineer Who Helped Make Nvidia a $3 Trillion Company: Jonah Alben uses lessons from his days as Stanford rowing coxswain to design AI chips and keep selling to China. (Wall Street Journal)
 

Dow drops 700 points for worst day of 2025 so far on new fears about economic growth: Live updates​

Stocks sold off on Friday as new U.S. data sparked concern among investors over a slowing economy and sticky inflation, leading them in search of safer assets.

Losses increased into the close as traders feared staying long into a weekend that could bring another barrage of headlines from the Trump administration, which has proposed a flurry of tariffs and other market-moving policy changes since taking charge a month ago.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 748 points, or 1.7%, bringing its two-day losses to more than 1,200 points. Friday’s loss was its biggest of the young year. The S&P 500 traded 1.7% lower, falling for a second day after closing at a record on Wednesday. The Nasdaq Composite dropped more than 2%.

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