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Stagflation is a condition where there is persistently high inflation combined with high unemployment and stagnant demand in a country’s economy. As the Coronavirus wreaks havoc with the global economy, markets have experienced a deflationary spiral where prices have moved appreciably l...

On New Year's Eve in 2019, markets were in a lot better shape than the previous year. The stock market was making new all-time highs. The markets looked forward to the signing of the "phase one" trade agreement between the US and China that de-escalated the trade agreement. In the UK, Boris Jo...

The risk-off conditions over the spread of the coronavirus around the world are hitting the global supply chain like a ton of bricks. Commodities are global assets, so a worldwide recession can wreak havoc with prices. Commodities can be a highly volatile asset class. Raw material prices can d...

The late Marc Rich was a controversial figure. He began his career as an apprentice at what was the world's leading commodities trading merchant company, Philipp Brothers. Rich rose through the ranks to become the most successful trader meaning he was the leading profit producer for the compan...

Original Post By Stuart Burns Iron ore, coking coal, oil and the base metals have all taken a hit over recent weeks. In some part, that's due to a stronger dollar. To a larger degree, however, it's due to fear that the steps being taken to contain the spread of the new coronavirus ...

Over the past years, the world became accustomed to double-digit percentage economic growth in China. In late 2015 and early 2016, a slowdown in the world's most populous nation caused commodities prices to fall to multiyear lows as concerns over the Chinese economy rippled around the globe li...

By Chris Turner, Global Head of Strategy and Head of EMEA and LATAM Research & ING team Parallels to SARS? Ever since 7 January, when Chinese authorities confirmed that they had identified a new virus, global financial markets have increasingly taken notice of the coronavirus. ...

Original post By Stuart Burns The inverse relationship between the strength of the U.S. dollar and the price of commodities has held good over time. That relationship isn't a constant, of course. Political, economic or supply-demand fundamentals can trump dollar strength at times o...

The raw material markets posted a gain in the final quarter of 2019 as the dollar index moved lower, and a de-escalation of the trade war between the US and China supported commodity prices. The commodity asset class consisting of 29 of the primary commodities that trade on U.S and U.K. exchan...

Just 22 days left in the decade, and we're going to use a good portion of those to look back on some of the top-performing markets, asset classes, and alternative investment funds over that time. First up, commodities, which would likely rather not be mentioned at all. Talk about a lost deca...