GNR News and Press, SPDR S&P Global Natural Resources From 05/07/21

There's no sector with a clear breaking-up as the Materials sector these days. Commodity prices are soaring no matter when, or where, or who. Energy, agriculture, metals, construction, chemicals - you name it. If you don't feel the rising costs in your pocket as of yet, it's only a ma...

With greater clarity on the sustainability of the economic recovery, we also saw the opportunity set across markets broaden to include sectors beyond those seen as the primary beneficiaries of an economic reopening. As expected, the recovery hasn't been smooth sailing for all, with su...

Saba succeeds in forcing liquidation of IRR, scheduled for June 11. At a current discount of -1.79%, an annualized alpha of ~14% remains. However, finding an effective hedge for IRR may be difficult. For further details see: IRR: Liquidation Nears

The pace of recovery has begun to diverge across economies, with vaccination progress and the scale of government stimulus among the biggest swing factors. Macro disparities have also begun filtering into EPS growth expectations. Cyclically sensitive sectors have dominated the upg...

An overview of inflationary indicators from Germany, China, and the US. Where do these price increases come from? Will those price increases last? Will inflation continue like in the 70s & 80s? How to position your portfolio to benefit from increasing commodity prices. ...

There is a high probability that the 2020s will mark the beginning of a new commodities supercycle. The market narrative around commodities has shifted in recent months. However, most investors are still underweight commodities. BCX holds a diversified portfolio of mining, energy,...

The basic materials sector is relatively small when you only consider dividend-paying companies. The basic materials sector is best for growth investors. APD has found an interesting way to position its business in a sector where most are stuck with commodity price fluctuations. F...

My December 2019 Seeking Alpha article, "Mean Reversion + Valuation = Opportunity" identified underperforming asset classes that were attractively valued and poised to generate above average returns in the future. Here we revisit how those assets have performed since the beginning of ...

SPDR S&P Global Natural Resources ETF (GNR) - $0.7624.30-Day SEC Yield of 0.00% as of Dec. 17.Payable Dec 28; for shareholders of record Dec 21; ex-div Dec 18. For further details see: SPDR S&P Global Natural Resources ETF declares semi-annual distribution of $0.7624

Recently, in my article " Natural Resources Equities: Preparing for Reflation and a Dollar Decline ," I outlined the case for the sector as an effective core portfolio holding to protect against the likelihood of reflation and a coming dollar decline, if not outright crash. Here, I analyze f...