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Nick Ehrenberg
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Grain Analysis & Targets
Educational and Actionable information using Fibonacci and W.D. Gann analysis.

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Trump Announces Greenland Hospital Ship Mission as Mercy and Comfort Sit in Alabama Shipyard
President Donald Trump announced on Saturday via social media that the United States will send a hospital ship to Greenland to provide medical care, posting alongside an illustration of the...

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Bloomberg
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US Revokes Visas For Chile Officials Over China Cable Plan
The US State Department revoked visas for Chile's Transport Minister and two other officials over a proposed undersea telecommunications cable linking Chile to Hong Kong, forcing the South American nation to navigate between its top trading partner China and strategic ally Washington.

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Australian Warship Transits Taiwan Strait, Tracked By China’s Navy
Australian frigate HMAS Toowoomba transited the Taiwan Strait as part of an Indo-Pacific deployment, prompting tracking by China's PLA Navy. Beijing claims the strategic waterway as territorial waters despite international law recognizing it as an international passage.

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Trump Announces Greenland Hospital Ship Mission as Mercy and Comfort Sit in Alabama Shipyard
President Donald Trump announced on Saturday via social media that the United States will send a hospital ship to Greenland to provide medical care, posting alongside an illustration of the...

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Cuba Bound Tanker Carrying Russian Fuels To Test Trump Blockade
By Lucia Kassai Feb 20, 2026 (Bloomberg) –A ship believed to be carrying Russian fuels is on its way to Cuba, putting US President Donald Trump’s sanctions to the test amid the...

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Brady Sidwell
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Wheat rally extends amid uncertainty over SCOTUS tariff decision
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Austin Schroeder
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Corn Bulls Extending Strength on Monday Morning
Corn is up fractionally a penny so far on Monday morning. The corn market put on a rally ahead of the weekend as contracts were up 2 ½ to 5 cents across the board on Friday. March was up 7 cents on the week. Preliminary open interest on Friday was...

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Austin Schroeder
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Barchart
Wheat Pushing Higher to Kick Off Monday Trade
Wheat is showing gains across the three exchanges on Monday morning. The wheat complex posted mixed action across the three markets on Friday. Chicago SRW futures were fractionally to 2 ½ cents lower, with December down 4 1/4. March was up 9 ¼ cents last week. There were 5 delivery...

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Austin Schroeder
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Barchart
Soybeans Popping on Monday AM
The soybean market is showing 4 to 5 cent gains across most nearby contracts on Monday morning. Soybeans shook off the early losses on Friday, but closed with the front months steady to ¼ cent higher and other contracts down 1 ¼ to 2 ¾. January saw a 4 ¼...

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Malte Humpert
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gCaptain
Arctic Shipping Sets New Records With Hundred Transit Voyages Carrying 3m Tonnes of Cargo in 2024
A tanker hauling Russian crude from the Baltic Sea to India that was observed heading toward the Shetland Islands — a route that would have taken it on a detour around the northern tip of the UK — made a sudden turn and instead took a more-typical journey through the English Channel.

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Bloomberg
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gCaptain
Sanctioned Russia Oil Tanker Turns Back From Detour Around UK
A tanker hauling Russian crude from the Baltic Sea to India that was observed heading toward the Shetland Islands — a route that would have taken it on a detour around the northern tip of the UK — made a sudden turn and instead took a more-typical journey through the English Channel.

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Reuters
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gCaptain
Taiwan Raises Alert as China Deploys 90 Ships in Likely Drills
Taiwan raised its alert level on Monday saying China has set up seven zones of reserved airspace and deployed naval fleets and coast guard boats in what a security source described as the first military drills across a broad swathe of the region's waters.

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Darin Newsom
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Barchart
What Sparked the Triple "Ripple" in Markets This Past Weekend?
Given all that happened over the weekend, markets weren't showing as much volatility early Monday morning as might be expected.

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Reuters
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Rift Deepens Between The Philippines, China Over South China Sea
MANILA, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Relations between Manila and Beijing have soured under Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, with Manila pivoting back towards the United States which supports the Southeast Asian nation...

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US Judge Upholds Naval Academy’s Race-Conscious Admissions Policies
By Nate Raymond Dec 6 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday ruled that the U.S. Naval Academy may continue to consider race when evaluating candidates to attend the elite military school,...

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Reuters
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Dominican Republic Port Seizes Record 9.5 Tons Of Cocaine
SANTO DOMINGO, Dec 6 (Reuters) – The Dominican Republic on Friday reported its largest ever cocaine seizure, saying it found some 9.5 metric tons of cocaine hidden in a banana shipment that...
