DJP News and Press, iPath Bloomberg Commodity Index Total Return ETN From 03/19/23

2023-03-19 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets oscillated forcefully while interest rates plunged this week as contagion from a pair of mid-sized bank collapses spread to other lenders while authorities scrambled to contain the fallout. On brand with the "March Madness" theme ...

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...

2023-03-12 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets tumbled this week after the sudden collapse of a pair of technology-focused banks sparked concerns over financial stability and overshadowed a generally solid slate of employment data. Effectively erasing all of its gains for the ...

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...

2023-03-05 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets rebounded following their worst week of the year as investors parsed data showing surprising resilience in global economic activity this winter despite stiff interest rate headwinds. Snapping a three-week skid and notching its bes...

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...

Summary For global equity investors, what’s important is to identify broad trajectories of growth and inflation rates, and then to forecast turning points, or changes in those trajectories. Olga Bitel, Global Equity Strategist, and Hugo Scott‐Gall, portfolio manager and co...

Summary Over the past year, banks have reported tighter lending standards on commercial loans to small, large, and middle-market firms. Large corporate bankruptcies have spiked the most since the 2008 financial crisis. Stock valuations typically tumble during recessions as the unemp...

Summary In 2023, both the demand and supply sides point to upward pressure across much of the set of commodity prices. The limits of lack of supply are visible in almost all segments, with stocks at operating levels in a critical situation and/or production capacity used to the limit. ...