While investors can choose from many commodities, they fall into two categories: hard or soft. This guide will reveal the differences between hard vs. soft commodities and what to know before you ...

Soft commodities led the raw materials asset class in 2023 and 2024. While the odds favor a correction in 2025 because of commodity cyclicality, the sector remains a bullish freight train.

Soft Commodities have lead the charge this month with Corn and Soybean prices reaching their highest level in over seven months, off the back of the USDA’s latest bullish supply and demand ...

Barchart recap on the soft commodities sector that looked forward to the price action in 2025, I wrote, “Cotton has been a laggard since the 2022 high. Cotton tends to rally in spring as the ...

Inflation could increase if U.S. fiscal policy under the new administration stimulates demand and the Federal Reserve stays ...

Exhibit 6 shows prior spikes in these soft commodities where they tend to occur within a few years of each other partly due to their nature as complementary goods. Since 1999, sugar prices are ...

Soft commodities include world free-market sugar, Arabica coffee, cocoa, cotton, and frozen concentrated orange juice futures traded on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). The soft commodities ...