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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 ...

2023-05-12 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...

2023-04-26 00:17:00 ET Summary U.S. corn, soybean, and wheat acreage is expected to rise for the 2023 growing season, but several variables will affect whether farmers will eventually harvest those bigger acres. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its March 31 Prospective P...

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...

2023-03-09 02:30:00 ET Summary Brazil’s crop production was largely unaffected by drought conditions caused by the La Nina weather phenomenon in early 2023. The Russo-Ukrainian conflict caused price spikes in many commodities. The 2022 drought in the U.S. hit the Wester...

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 Tightening monetary policy, Europe’s energy crisis, and China’s COVID-19 lockdowns have contributed to risk aversion in the economy and markets. China’s early reopening from its COVID-19 lockdowns is already putting pressure on tight inventories. Destock...

Summary Remember, just last year, the world was going to have a shortage of lithium carbonate, one of the key raw materials for EV batteries. The price of Chicago lumber futures went through epic gyrations during the pandemic, spiking by 350%, then plunging, then spiking all over again,...

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...