COMT News and Press, iShares Commodities Select Strategy ETF From 04/08/23

2023-04-08 01:42:55 ET Summary COMT is a commodity ETF that gains exposure to the commodity markets through futures contracts. It has a structure that allows it to avoid being taxed as a commodity fund and distributing a K-1. Its past performance is relatively decent and its f...

2023-04-05 00:41:00 ET Summary Why OPEC's production cut could impact broader markets. An unexpected cut in oil production just made the Fed's job more complicated. Is Commercial real estate the next shoe to drop for banks? The surprise OPEC+ production cut i...

2023-04-04 13:03:16 ET Summary BCM is an ETN that offers exposure to the commodity markets via replicating the performance of Barclays Commodity Index Pure Beta TR. As a debt instrument, BCM eliminates tracking errors and can offer tax advantages to long-term investors. ETFs a...

2023-04-04 02:30:00 ET Summary Markets are liquidity junkies and repeatedly anticipate that central banks will pause and return to easing credit conditions. Equities historically don’t bottom until after a recession is recognized and central banks near the end of easing eff...

2023-03-28 12:56:00 ET Summary In this article, I will attempt to present a broad guide for each major asset class - stocks, bonds, commodities and precious metals - and how investors should be looking to allocate to each over the next six to 12 months. Pension funds and instituti...

2023-03-24 16:44:00 ET Summary Supply/demand outlook combined with relatively high yields are creating attractive opportunities for natural resource investors, but potential risks stemming from Russia still need to be watched. We really have to consider whether West is going into ...

2023-03-15 11:30:00 ET Summary All over the world, people are moving cash out of low-yielding bank accounts and into higher-yielding deposits. Shareholder equity and retained earnings (tier-one capital) are the primary funding source for banks. Losses in the sector manifest in...

2023-03-07 07:02:00 ET Summary Broad-based commodity cycles have typically had a major demand driver. In the 1970s, it was a weak U.S. dollar, and in the early 2000s it was Chinese growth. With potential growth in real GDP constrained by demographics, the focus is on supply constr...

Summary Tightening monetary policy, Europe’s energy crisis, and China’s COVID-19 lockdowns have contributed to risk aversion in the economy and markets. China’s early reopening from its COVID-19 lockdowns is already putting pressure on tight inventories. Destock...

Summary I think everyone can agree that stocks and bonds sold off last year because interest rates rose. Interest rates have certainly risen of late but they are still below the peaks of last year and almost unchanged since stocks made their low on October 12, 2022. One of the thing...