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HREF="#rice_rough" TITLE="Rice Futures"><U><B>Rice Rough</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="5"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="5" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#rice_point___figure" TITLE="Rice Futures"><U><B>Rice Point & Figure</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="6"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="6" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="113"><div> <A HREF="#rice_july_04" TITLE="Rice Futures"><U><B>Rice Futures</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="-1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="-1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="113"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="113" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="96"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="96" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="5"><IMG 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CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="602" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 43 WIDTH="580"><div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New" ><B>Rice Rough</B></FONT><B> (200 day exponential average </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Courier New" ><B>red</B></FONT><B>), and 200 day ROC (rate of change) in </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Courier New" ><B>green</B></FONT><B>.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="rice_rough"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 318 WIDTH="580"> <IMG SRC="../../images/wfut/soy/nr.gif" border=0 ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="11"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="318" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="11" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 73 WIDTH="580"><div> <B>Rice Futures - The</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#3300FF" FACE="Courier New" ><B> Blue</B></FONT><B> line is a Donchian channel, </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Courier New" ><B>red</B></FONT><B>  line is a 5 day exponential average, </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Courier New" ><B>green</B></FONT><B> line is a 20 day exponential average. Vertical green bars MACD (Moving average convergence divergence) 5 and 20.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="rice_july_04"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 330 WIDTH="580"> <IMG SRC="../../images/df/soy/rr.gif" border=0 ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="11"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="330" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="11" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 21 ><NOBR><div> <B>Rice (spot) Point & Figure   </B><B>Box = 3 Reversal = 3</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="rice_point___figure"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 323 WIDTH="580"> <IMG SRC="../../images/df/p&f/nr.gif" border=0 ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="11"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="323" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="11" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 25 WIDTH="580"><div> <B><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a801180099ff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Rice Notes & Links:</U></B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="notes___links"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 464 WIDTH="580"><div> <A HREF="http://www.riceonline.com/home.shtml" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.riceonline.com/home.shtml"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ff330000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Rice Online</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>______________________________________</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">4/23/08 (Bloomberg) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s Sam's Club warehouse unit is restricting purchases of some types of rice to four bags a visit as prices reached a record in Chicago futures trading.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">4/4/08 The Philippine government proposed a law that makes the hoarding of rice a crime punishable by life imprisonment.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">2/5/08 Thai rice exporters could start defaulting on orders due to rapidly rising domestic rice prices, the Bangkok Post reported.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">1/3/08 The Philippines, the world's biggest importer of rice, plan to buy 550,000 metric tons. Global stockpiles of rice are forecast by the USDA to fall to 72.2 million tons by July, the lowest since 1984.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">10/14/07 The U.S. Department of Agriculture projects global consumption of rice at 424.7 million tons in 2007 up from 418.4 million tons in 2006. However, global production is expected to rise only marginally to 418.5 million tons in 2007, from 418.2 million tons in 2006.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">11/28/05 The USDA 2005/06 U.S. Ending Stocks for Rice Are Projected to Decline 30 Percent to 26.2 Million Cwt U.S. Rice ending stocks for 2005/06 are projected at 26.2 million cwt, down 11.5 million cwt from a year earlier. The resulting stocks-to-use ratio is projected at 10.6 percent, down from 16.4 percent a year earlier and the lowest since 1980/81.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="11"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="464" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="11" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div>   <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://fry.webtistic.com/philip.php?id=71"></script> <noscript> <a href="http://www.webtistic.com/"> <img SRC="http://fry.webtistic.com/hit.php?a=71" border="0" alt="Webtistic - Traffic Analysis"> </a></noscript>   </div> </td> </tr></table></body>