CUT News and Press, Invesco MSCI Global Timber From 08/31/22

Summary Today's market X-ray shows the returns for each index, asset class, sector, and so on, since the recent low point on June 16th. Of the global indices, US small caps are in the lead, followed by the NASDAQ. High beta stocks are the most preferred factors since June 16. ...

Resolute Forest Products trades at or near the cash consideration offered by acquirer Domtar. Domtar is also offering a CVR tied to refunds on $500 million worth of deposits to the U.S. government. Various 3rd party assessments suggest a value between $2 and the maximum of $5 per ...

Canada's government said on Thursday it will challenge U.S. duties on softwood lumber, Bloomberg reports, saying the tariffs have caused "unjustified harm" to the industry and workers. International Trade Minister Mary Ng said Canada will request dispute settlement through the USMCA...

International investors interested in buying U.S. real estate are having issues as converting their country’s currency into the USD significantly reduces the amount of real estate they can purchase. Other housing-related commodity markets such as copper -38.09% and lumber -70.2...

The latest readings on inflation came in blisteringly hot. The good news is that a variety of signs suggest inflation relief in the months ahead. A number of signs indicate that pricing pressures are already fading. This may bring some temporary relief for struggling risk asse...

If higher prices, which have now broadened, are allowed to persist, they can become sticky. A wage-price spiral, where rising wages beget rising prices, which cause further pressure on wages, certainly could allow inflation to be a challenge for longer than expected. In general, tradi...

When market conditions change or at times when our trading begins to rack up losses, the best thing we can do as a professional is to go to cash. Over the next 12 to 24+ months, we expect very large price swings in the US stock market. Historically, bonds have served as one of the...

High energy prices will be a major political problem in both the European Union and the United States, especially if we get to $150 this summer. Any move in bond yields above 3.20% will be a major problem for the stock market. A slowdown in construction and improved supply to the ...

The fundamentals for lumber, like a lot of commodities, had been favorable. Supply bottlenecks and persisting pandemic plight would limit how much production could make it to market, inelasticity taken for granted as somewhat permanent/durable, thereby constantly susceptible to what other...

Lumber futures have fallen to levels not seen since November, in a stark reversal from all-time highs set last year during the COVID-fueled homebuilding boom. Chicago lumber futures (LB1:COM) for July delivery fell on Wednesday by the exchange maximum $49, or -7.5% to $604.50 per 1,000 board ...