DJP News and Press, iPath Bloomberg Commodity Index Total Return ETN From 03/29/22

If one gains multiples of loss positions it doesn’t take long to produce a satisfactory return, it just takes patience to ride out multiple-year periods. The NYSE up-volume dropped to 13.7 million shares from 20 million shares the week before, while the NASDAQ up-volume rose to...

The relatively high return correlations across markets in recent years are giving way as volatility surges in 2022. As a result, assumptions about relationships between markets, and the degree of diversification benefits, may be in need of updating. The downside bias in correlatio...

Based on new hopes for a peaceful Ukrainian/Russian resolution to their nearly month-long war, the world is cautiously optimistic. Although China has been trying to help Russia avoid economic sanctions, China is struggling with its own debt problems from Evergrande, slowing economic g...

European stocks actually performed better than the NASDAQ last week so maybe it was positive developments in the Ukraine war that spurred the rally. The dollar index fell nearly 1% last week but is still in an uptrend across shorter time frames. What the market does on a week to w...

U.S. equity markets posted their best weekly gains since November 2020 after the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates for the first time since 2018 and indicated an aggressive stance to combat inflation. Bouncing back from its lowest weekly close since June-2021, the S&P 500 ralli...

The Russia-Ukraine war will further exacerbate supply chain problems affecting commodity prices as well as energy-dependent and related industries. Delivery times and input price growth eased, but material and labor shortages are at the historical highs in the EU in industry, construc...

Historical analysis shows that value exposures have tended to outperform in a rising yield environment as it coincides with rising inflation. In a rising rate environment, traditional bonds can lose value, but investors should not write off fixed income exposure altogether. Exposu...

As in the 1970s, we face an energy crisis. The outcome is soaring crude oil prices. Now, as then, crude oil is spiking. Why are then soybeans and copper prices acting the same as crude oil? For further details see: Sell Crude Oil, Soybeans, And Copper - They Have Too...

This past week marked the 13th anniversary of the bottom of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2007-2009. The March 6, 2009 stock market low for the S&P 500 marked a staggering overall value loss of 51.9%. The Fed was expected to raise interest rates by as much as 50 basis point...

Putin’s gamble, and the West’s response, has brought into view one of the few existential tail risks that isn’t a Black Swan: the risk of an escalation into war between Russia and NATO, and the exchange of nuclear weaponry. We also know that the war between Ukrain...