Duke and Duke
@dukeandduke.bsky.social
We are a full service commodities brokerage based in Philadelphia, Pa. Our fathers helped establish the New York Mercantile Exchange in 1882. Located at 123 South Broad Street, Philadelphia PA, across from the Union League.
We logged this development for our clients weeks ago; we wood not disappoint them.
If you're pining for a smarter commodities brokerage, come find us.
If you're pining for a smarter commodities brokerage, come find us.
Update: Lumber Prices Up 30% YoY www.calculatedriskblog.com/2025/07/upda...
www.calculatedriskblog.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We logged this development for our clients weeks ago; we wood not disappoint them.
If you're pining for a smarter commodities brokerage, come find us.
If you're pining for a smarter commodities brokerage, come find us.
And the perpetrators, Winthorpe and Valentine, remain on a no-extradition Caribbean island with other investors' money.
FCOJ took a nose dive after the documentary Trading Places exposed the corruption in the commodities market
July 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
And the perpetrators, Winthorpe and Valentine, remain on a no-extradition Caribbean island with other investors' money.
Our clients were ready for this. We make sure they bring home the bacon. 🐖↗️
i keep an eye on this because I think hog prices are funny but they really do seem like they’re going up in a concerning way
July 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Our clients were ready for this. We make sure they bring home the bacon. 🐖↗️
Our clients know. Our clients knew before anyone else. And they are quite pleased with our advice.
July 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Our clients know. Our clients knew before anyone else. And they are quite pleased with our advice.
If anyone failed to understand why we are a full-service commodities brokerage uninterested in the world of equities, you know today.
No pork belly, no Florida orange, no cocoa bean or herd of cattle ever got into a pissing match with the President over who was a pedophile.
No pork belly, no Florida orange, no cocoa bean or herd of cattle ever got into a pissing match with the President over who was a pedophile.
We just issued a deeply serious press release on behalf of the #TeslaTakedown movement in response to today's fight between Elon Musk and President Trump.
Please share far and wide.
#SELL, SELL, SELL" $TSLA
Please share far and wide.
#SELL, SELL, SELL" $TSLA
June 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
If anyone failed to understand why we are a full-service commodities brokerage uninterested in the world of equities, you know today.
No pork belly, no Florida orange, no cocoa bean or herd of cattle ever got into a pissing match with the President over who was a pedophile.
No pork belly, no Florida orange, no cocoa bean or herd of cattle ever got into a pissing match with the President over who was a pedophile.
Release the crop reports. 🍊
On Inauguration Day, my Stop the Presses newsletter listed 12 signs to look for if you wanted to determine whether a dictatorship had arrived. One of those was: “Fictional government statistics.” And here we have the Trump regime messing with a farm trade report. 1/
Trump officials delayed farm trade report over deficit forecast
Administration officials blocked publication of written analysis that normally accompanies the report because they disliked what it said about the deficit.
www.politico.com
June 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Release the crop reports. 🍊
We agree that everyone should have timely, accurate access to all crop reports.
This is very bad
Once they start screwing with the data, that’s the whole ballgame
Once they start screwing with the data, that’s the whole ballgame
Trump officials delayed farm trade report over deficit forecast
Administration officials blocked publication of written analysis that normally accompanies the report because they disliked what it said about the deficit.
www.politico.com
June 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
We agree that everyone should have timely, accurate access to all crop reports.
We knew. Our sourcing is impeccable.
*WHITE HOUSE TELLS CNBC 90-DAY PAUSE ON TARIFFS IS 'FAKE NEWS'
April 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
We knew. Our sourcing is impeccable.
Um, yeah. We are preparing an update for our clients. Remember that there is no greater form of wealth than the love of family and friends. -md
Stocks cratered Thursday after President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs of at least 10% and even higher for some countries, raising the risks of a global trade war that hits the already sputtering U.S. economy.
Dow craters 1,200 points, S&P 500 heads for worst drop in 2 years after Trump's tariff rollout: Live updates
Wednesday saw further volatility roil markets as tensions ran high ahead of Trump's announcement, but stocks ultimately ended the session in the green.
www.cnbc.com
April 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Um, yeah. We are preparing an update for our clients. Remember that there is no greater form of wealth than the love of family and friends. -md
Our clients knew based on our hard-boiled research team. We would be delighted to poach new clients from our rivals in the commodities brokerage field.
The egg commodities traders appear to think significant price relief is on the way. tradingeconomics.com/commodity/eg...
March 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Our clients knew based on our hard-boiled research team. We would be delighted to poach new clients from our rivals in the commodities brokerage field.
WE ARE SO READY. No one has better sources than our team.
There's a nonzero chance that USDA Foreign Ag Service can't deliver the March commodity reports required by law and idk if the commodity market is prepared
the april economic numbers are going to be apocalyptic, the trump administration is going to try to falsify or delay them, and this will leak or cause a panic
February 24, 2025 at 2:55 AM
WE ARE SO READY. No one has better sources than our team.
NO COMMENT.
OMG, the Duke brothers are trying to corner the frozen concentrated orange juice market!
There's a nonzero chance that USDA Foreign Ag Service can't deliver the March commodity reports required by law and idk if the commodity market is prepared
February 24, 2025 at 2:54 AM
NO COMMENT.
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A bit unfair for Trump to be taking so much grief for having taken egg when the price of soybeans is chilling and a handful of raw, cold soybeans makes for a great protein substitute.
February 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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This was, I believe, the worst futures bet since @dukeandduke.bsky.social tried to corner the FCOJ market.
February 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
This was, I believe, the worst futures bet since @dukeandduke.bsky.social tried to corner the FCOJ market.
"Gosh, if only I had invested in egg futures," said everyone who's not a client of our commodities brokerage.
February 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"Gosh, if only I had invested in egg futures," said everyone who's not a client of our commodities brokerage.
The only people this is good for are ... our clients, of course. If you want a commodities brokerage which isn't just guessing at the future, come to us.
January 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The only people this is good for are ... our clients, of course. If you want a commodities brokerage which isn't just guessing at the future, come to us.
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Some parts of South Florida are forecast to drop below freezing this weekend.
And the winner for the coldest spot in southern Florida this weekend will be …
South Florida is in for the coldest weather of the season, especially in a certain area.
www.sun-sentinel.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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If you didn't invest early in egg futures like our clients did, the yolk's on you. We are always open to poaching clients from our competitors, and can help you scramble your commodities portfolio appropriately.
January 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
If you didn't invest early in egg futures like our clients did, the yolk's on you. We are always open to poaching clients from our competitors, and can help you scramble your commodities portfolio appropriately.
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Today is the anniversary of the darkest day of our firm's history, betrayed by a trader who was hiding his double life as a PCP dealer, abetted by an unvetted recent hire.
We acknowledge that day because our firm is resilient. While those who robbed us became fugitives from justice, we came back.
We acknowledge that day because our firm is resilient. While those who robbed us became fugitives from justice, we came back.
January 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Today is the anniversary of the darkest day of our firm's history, betrayed by a trader who was hiding his double life as a PCP dealer, abetted by an unvetted recent hire.
We acknowledge that day because our firm is resilient. While those who robbed us became fugitives from justice, we came back.
We acknowledge that day because our firm is resilient. While those who robbed us became fugitives from justice, we came back.
Today is the anniversary of the darkest day of our firm's history, betrayed by a trader who was hiding his double life as a PCP dealer, abetted by an unvetted recent hire.
We acknowledge that day because our firm is resilient. While those who robbed us became fugitives from justice, we came back.
We acknowledge that day because our firm is resilient. While those who robbed us became fugitives from justice, we came back.
January 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Today is the anniversary of the darkest day of our firm's history, betrayed by a trader who was hiding his double life as a PCP dealer, abetted by an unvetted recent hire.
We acknowledge that day because our firm is resilient. While those who robbed us became fugitives from justice, we came back.
We acknowledge that day because our firm is resilient. While those who robbed us became fugitives from justice, we came back.
Some of us understand commodities futures better than the rest. Join our client base today.
January 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Some of us understand commodities futures better than the rest. Join our client base today.
NO WE CANNOT.
name a film set in january.
January 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
NO WE CANNOT.
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Our beloved security consultant Clarence Beeks disappeared 42 years ago today, last seen on an Amtrak Metroliner from DC to Philadelphia on the evening of December 31. Hold space for him in your heart today.
December 31, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Our beloved security consultant Clarence Beeks disappeared 42 years ago today, last seen on an Amtrak Metroliner from DC to Philadelphia on the evening of December 31. Hold space for him in your heart today.
We were robbed. THEY committed a fraud on the commodities market.
Dec 31st 1983 - Louis & Billy Ray get their hands on the crop report, giving The Dukes a fake in the process.
📽️📅 Trading Places (1983)
📽️📅 Trading Places (1983)
December 31, 2024 at 6:33 PM
We were robbed. THEY committed a fraud on the commodities market.
Our beloved security consultant Clarence Beeks disappeared 42 years ago today, last seen on an Amtrak Metroliner from DC to Philadelphia on the evening of December 31. Hold space for him in your heart today.
December 31, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Our beloved security consultant Clarence Beeks disappeared 42 years ago today, last seen on an Amtrak Metroliner from DC to Philadelphia on the evening of December 31. Hold space for him in your heart today.