DPU News and Press, DB Commodity Long ETN From 04/09/21

The buyers are mostly high creditworthy wealthy people. There hasn't been a big building boom. In fact, supply is tight. Passive investors would rather let corporations be corporations and take whatever return they generate along the way. A lot of the current narratives about infl...

Commodity indexes are rallying as government stimulus and low interest rates fuel inflation expectations. Commodities can help investors hedge against inflation and diversify portfolios. Commodity exchange traded products (ETPs) offer convenient and affordable access to broad bask...

The Fed continues to expand its balance sheet, the federal government continues to send out Covid relief checks, and the Fed continues to effectively monetize most if not all of this monetary "stimulus." The public has been hoarding money like never before, likely as a response to all...

March has been a very challenging month for precious metal investors. As nominal interest rates have risen, the sharply negative inflation-adjusted or "real" interest rates that drove COMEX gold to new all-time highs in 2020 have evaporated. Over the course of March, copper and cr...

Global growth looks set to rebound even more strongly in 2021 than we had anticipated in our January Cyclical Outlook. Over the next several months, a combination of base effects, recent increases in energy prices, and price adjustments in sectors where activity ramps up is likely to ...

Anyone with a commitment to commodities over the past few decades of prominent disinflationary forces has endured considerable pain. In this blog, we attempt to make the case that something that lost over 12% a year on average for more than a decade could play an interesting role in a...

The restructuring by commodities companies during the 10-year commodities bear market is paying off. As many commodity prices reach all-time highs, companies are in strong financial shape and able to give back to shareholders. We can continue to see some strength in commodity prices. ...

The magnitude of the stimulus over the past year may be driving inflationary expectations. This, combined with potential synchronized global growth and supply constraints, may all serve as tailwinds for commodity producers. VanEck Commodity Strategist and Portfolio Manager Roland ...

We expect 2021 to be a year of strong economic performance supported by large fiscal stimulus, loose monetary policy and the COVID-19 vaccine program. Commodities performed well during weak dollar periods - they generated a 11.5% return with a hit rate of 76%, meaning that their retur...

Markets continue to move based on the expectation of a post-virus boom. At least that is the dominant narrative right now. As I said last week, nominal and real yields are rising, the yield curve is steepening and those are positive signs for the economy. The dominant belief today...