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The beatdown continues

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Published: August 8, 2011

How’s this for a positive outlook on the big equity markets today:

From Barchart

Those 100 percent sell recommendations mean that 100 percent of the surveyed recommenders – analysts that are usually all over the map with their recommendations – are saying sell.

It’s a dark, ugly, red day in the markets today.

Here’s what the S and P 500 has done, in the wake of the U.S. debt downgrade and continuing Euro reality denial:

One week in the life of the S and P 500

Pretty much everything other than the U.S. dollar and gold have been sliding in the past week. Here’s canola:

One week in Canola futures

And even King Corn, the bullishest of the bullishy crops, has submitted to the slump:

One week corn

You can focus all you want on crop S and Ds, but the reality is that the big markets are leading the parade right now.

And it’s a parade to the graveyard.

Barchart's listing of crop futures prices today

Maybe it’ll turn around for crops once the equity markets have buried their losses, but for right now, our crops are marching along like pallbearers.

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