BCM News and Press, iPath Pure Beta Broad Commodity ETN From 09/26/21

The price rise in commodities since April 2020 has so far outperformed the BRIC-driven supercycle of the early 2000s. With rates likely to stay low and infrastructure investments on the rise, commodities could be headed for long-term growth. Today, the economic recovery remains on...

Regardless of what happens with the economy and bonds over the rest of the year, we are nearing peak exuberance in stocks. Most people fear that a slowing economy will be the trigger for a stock market selloff, but that may be the wrong worry. Bear markets are generally associated wit...

In addition to the broad goal of climate neutrality, we believe that institutional interest in environmental, social and governance investing is also supportive to commodity prices. At Russell Investments, we’ve seen an increasing institutional focus on ESG matters, and we are ...

As the economy continues to recover, market participants will concentrate on two critical areas: the employment picture and policy decisions made by the Federal Reserve. The jobs picture and Fed decisions could create volatility for commodities, stocks and bonds in the months ahead. ...

Over the past four months, in parallel with spectacular gains in the prices of coal and natural gas, there have been spectacular declines in the prices of lumber and iron-ore. A common argument against there being a general inflation problem is that the large rises in commodity prices...

Inflation is sustained monetary debasement - or money printing - that wrecks consumer prices. Investments and activity will flow from the financial to the real. Commodities can tell us something about the underlying aggregate opinion of those doing the investing. Would it really s...

Risk-adjusted performance continued to rise in August for the Global Market Index. Sharpe ratios in global markets generally are elevated. GMI represents a theoretical benchmark for the “optimal” portfolio. For further details see: Major Asset Classes | Aug...

The expected risk premium for the Global Market (GMI) ticked up in August, reaching an annualized 6.1%, slightly above the previous month’s estimate. Despite the comparatively high GMI forecast, the current estimate remains well below the index’s realized risk premium fo...

The winning streak for American shares rolled on in August. US stocks rose for a seventh straight month and posted the strongest gain for the major asset classes. US bonds also lost ground in August. The Bloomberg Aggregate Bond Index slipped 0.2%, the first monthly decline for the be...

Following the economic disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic and the unprecedented stimulus response, supply bottlenecks and a rebound in demand have been a feature of 2021. We observe that a diversified portfolio approach has had the highest correlation to upside inflation and the leas...