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Copper Crashes the Energy Party in February
An inflationary tide lifted almost all commodity boats in February 2021. Most constituents of the S&P GSCI rose while gold, the commodity that market participants often look to for inflation protection, lagged. The S&P GSCI rose 10.6% overall in February, with copper and energy doing most of the heavy lifting. After a strong January, the S&P GSCI Crude…
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August 2019 Commodities Performance Highlights – Tweets, Trade, and Tumult
Commodities markets struggled under the weight of an acceleration in trade tensions between the U.S. and China and growing evidence of a slowdown in global economic activity in August. The S&P GSCI was down 5.6% for the month but remained up 6.7% YTD. The Dow Jones Commodity Index (DJCI) was down 2.7% in August and…
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A Sweet Spot in Commodities
It has been a rough start for commodities in 2015 with only six (natural gas, aluminum, lead, sugar, gold and silver) posting gains so far. At our commodities seminar in London last Sept, our speakers agreed picking a winner in this environment is diificult. However, it looks like one of our panelists may have done the job…
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Skipping Dessert?! Coffee, Sugar, Cocoa OR Bear, Bear, Bull
Sorry, grains and meats, you are not one of the four main food groups. Since this is the case, eating may have just become more expensive, especially for the high-end chocolate lover. Not me of course… but once again, as a commodity lady, when I consume goods (or goodies) and notice that prices are increasing…
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RECORD BREAKING MONTH: Commodities Love War and Heat
August was a hot month for commodities from the Syrian unrest and the heat. In the risk on – risk off environment created by the quantitative easing, the sentiment has shifted to risk off. While that is not good news for some economically sensitive commodities like copper, it is great news for others like precious…
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