71. On financial markets, Treasury bond prices moved higher after the wholesale trade report provided more evidence the sluggish economy will hold inflation in check. 72. Now, traders say mining companies are waiting to restart their sales in case prices move higher in the first few days of the year. 73. Only in hindsight does it become clear that stock prices had moved higher because investors had perceived that earnings were bottoming out and about to turn up. 74. Prices moved little after an early jump, befitting the traditionally slow day before Thanksgiving. 75. Preferred stocks, because they are fixed-income securities, behave like bonds, which means that their prices move in the opposite direction from interest rates. 76. Prices could move higher next week, as heavier rains are expected beginning Wednesday and Thursday. 77. Price shocks to the agricultural sector are certainly nothing new, and energy prices move in a volatile manner, both up and down. 78. Prices could move even higher tomorrow if the National Oilseeds Processing Association to report another record high crush this week, a sign of strong demand. 79. Rebounding from early weakness, Treasury prices moved higher Monday, after a benign industrial production report for October alleviated some fears of inflation among investors. 80. Private forecasters have started to speculate that the U.S. could run out of soybean supplies this summer unless prices move high enough to choke off demand. |