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Summary Industrial metals have regained substantial momentum over the last three months, and it will be important to keep track of this in the coming weeks. This momentum is likely to have limited upside potential as cyclical and super-cyclical factors reassert themselves in the short t...

Summary Commodity indexes have maintained good gains all year in the face of rising interest rates and the stronger U.S. dollar. October was a relatively quiet month for most markets, commodities included. The U.S. dollar was slightly lower despite U.S. 2-year yields rising by 20 ...

Summary The UBS Constant Maturity Commodity Index and other commodity index strategies slumped during September. CMCI declined by 5.5% in September but remains up 8.4% year-to-date. The Bloomberg Commodity Index declined by 8.1% in September and remains up 13.6% year-to-date. ...

Summary USDA has now dropped the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates in the much-awaited October reporting. In a simple one liner, here is the gist of it – lower soy and corn yields this year (drought and lack of fertilizer – we saw this one coming), but w...

Summary Not formed yet, but a tropical wave in the southern Caribbean could become a monster hurricane next week (GASTON). Why weather models are showing two different storm tracks? Potential impacts on commodity markets. Jim Roemer video on the next potent...

Summary Global weather extremes are for the record books and due to La Niña and Climate Change. The third straight La Niña winter coming and possible implications. While droughts ease for Northern Brazil, more potential weather problems for grains and possible warm l...

The most volatile natural gas market in history. Bullish and bearish factors affecting natural gas trading. What are option strangles and how to use them? Introduction Here were the headlines of one of my recent Weather Wealth newsletters a week ago in which we w...

At the beginning of the month, we underestimated how fast agricultural commodities would follow base metals down. Although there are good reasons to buy agriculture ETFs as a hedge against geopolitically induced food inflation, DBA is too underexposed to grain commodities to perform t...

A full description of the Indian Monsoon. Commodities such as sugar cane and cotton most often see summer or fall bullish reaction if the monsoon is weak. Fourth quarter global gold prices are sometimes affected by the income millions of farmers receive or don't receive from a hea...

Sugar beets are continuing to plant behind average time-frames as Minnesota and North Dakota struggle with weather delays. Wheat condition continues to be an issue year over year for the winter crop, but the headings are coming along nicely. Commodities markets are currently down ...