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2023-06-15 16:30:00 ET Summary China’s disappointing recovery following the COVID-19 reopening this spring has been the major reason for the declining commodities markets in May. The UBS Constant Maturity Commodity Index declined 5.78% and the Bloomberg Commodity Index decl...

2023-06-15 00:49:00 ET Summary Mining green metals efficiently is essential for transitioning to a more sustainable future, and AI is pivotal in achieving this goal. AI can also be leveraged to improve the deployment and management of renewable energy technologies. Corteva's G...

2023-05-16 01:05:00 ET Summary April showed a slight downturn for commodities. The gains of the agriculture and livestock sectors were not enough to offset industrial metals, the weakest sector. Lingering economic growth concerns triggered by the March regional banking crisis and ...

2023-05-14 16:38:30 ET Quarterly earnings season has slowed down, but several big names remain on the docket for next week. The list of high-profile companies includes industry players like Home Depot ( NYSE: HD ), Cisco Systems ( NASDAQ: CSCO ), Walmart ( NYSE: WMT ...

2023-05-12 00:25:00 ET Summary New regulation aiming to curb deforestation and land degradation from commodity production could have significant consequences for companies and investors. Agricultural production has put forests, vital to human survival, under severe threat of defor...

2023-04-13 02:45:00 ET Summary The UBS Constant Maturity Commodity Index (CMCI) was down slightly in the first quarter of 2023, declining by 1.15%. On a relative basis, CMCI had a good quarter compared to the Bloomberg Commodity Index (BCOM). BCOM declined by 5.36% in the quarter ...

2023-03-28 12:56:00 ET Summary In this article, I will attempt to present a broad guide for each major asset class - stocks, bonds, commodities and precious metals - and how investors should be looking to allocate to each over the next six to 12 months. Pension funds and instituti...

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...

Summary The implications for financial markets of Russia’s Ukrainian invasion 2.0 need to be considered, as this event is being properly priced by the markets. If the bigger invasion 2.0 unfolds quickly, expect a high level of volatility in both euros and rubles. During invas...

Summary A truly exceptional year, 2022 was dominated by historically high inflation, sharply rising interest rates and a surge in bond yields. With inflation now peaking and labor markets cooling, the environment enables central banks to slow and potentially pause interest-rate hikes. ...