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Market Comments: 4/13/11
More Cash Needed for Corn Futures

 

There have been 13 Dodd-Frank Rulemaking Sessions viewed by the renewable fuels industry as dealing with over the counter derivatives connected to financial institutions.  Each session seems to have diluted the awareness focused on the next.   However, the headline on the front page of today's WSJ warns that your local banking institution may have to require additional cash resources (margin) for hedging listed futures contracts, making the whole process more circuitous.
 

Corn/Ethanol Breakevens

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(Source: FCStone)

 

 

Corn Blend Via Tornado Energy: Mapleton, IA - April 9, 2011
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