DPU News and Press, DB Commodity Long ETN From 08/27/20

Can the momentum in the manufacturing sector be sustained, with prices rising further over the near-term? To be sure, the rise in prices highlighted by the four-month rally in our Materials Price Index does indicate the worst of the recession globally is over. But the continuing increase in CO...

Seasonality plays a significant role when it comes to the path of least resistance of some commodity prices. The production of raw materials is a local affair in parts of the world where the crust of the earth contains energy, minerals, and metals or where the soil and access to water support ...

Commodities tend to zig when the equity markets zag. – Jim Rogers Investors always are on the lookout for the next great thing. But more often than not, the next great thing in markets is just one of the old great things. I'm talking about commodities here, not because they are in...

During a week of mixed headlines and data releases, markets chose to latch onto strong demand data coming out of China early in the week, with our Materials Price Index (MPI) pushing 1.8% higher. As was the case during the second quarter, gains in the MPI were broad-based, with eight of the in...

In this world of credit inflation, a period in which asset prices climb, investors keep looking for more and more opportunities to make money. Since the era of credit inflation began in the 1960s, asset prices have been one major source of wealth expansion, helping to contribute to the growi...

Commodity prices, as measured by our Materials Price Index ((MPI)), rose 4.4% last week in one of the largest gains in the 24-year history of our index. Massive moves in iron ore and natural gas led the index higher, although large increases were seen in a wide range of commodities last week -...

Commodity prices, as measured by our Materials Price Index (MPI), rose 0.4% last week supported by small gains in several major commodities groups. In comparison to previous weeks, price moves were lacklustre, a sign that the three-month rally in commodities may be ebbing. Lumber prices stee...

Our Materials Price Index ((MPI)) fell 0.1% last week, pausing after an 11-week rally dating back to late April. Over the past three months, commodity prices, as measured by the MPI, have registered a cumulative gain of just over 30%. Year to date, the MPI is still down 4.8%. Six of the MPI'...

The raw material markets made a comeback in the second quarter of 2020 after the global pandemic caused a deflationary spiral taking the prices of most assets lower in Q1. The commodity asset class consisting of 29 of the primary commodities that trade on US and UK exchanges moved 17.77% lower...

In 2019, the six LME nonferrous metals were 1.74% higher from the closing level at the end of December 2018. In Q1 2020, the sector plunged 17.09%. In Q2, it came back and was 12.88% higher. Over the first six months of this year, base metals were 6.58% lower. The best performing commodity in ...