JJA News and Press, iPathA Series B Bloomberg Agriculture Subindex Total Return ETN From 02/07/23

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. ...

Summary Resource equities exhibited strong relative gains this quarter, outperforming both global equities and bonds during the three-month period. During the quarter, the greatest contributions to absolute performance came from the oil & gas sub-sector - including the top three ind...

Summary Increased food prices disproportionately affect those who can least afford an increase. Causes of food loss and waste occur at every stage of the production and supply chain. Most happens at retailers and in households. Current farming practices deplete and degrade the soil ...

Summary December was a mixed month for commodity index strategies overall. Natural gas was the strongest commodity for most index strategies. The precious metals sector was the strongest performing sector in December, rising over 5%. Natural Gas Contributes From Rebalance ...

Summary Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, which account for 23% of global maize production, are experiencing substantial losses because of climate-related issues. Latin America is likely to resist any attempts to implement land distribution controls. Like their Latin American cou...

Summary Today is Election Day. Since WWII, there has been a mid-term election cycle for the S&P 500 that commences in October and gains strength in November and December, so we should be just at the start of an impressive year-end rally. Above and beyond the special events awa...

Summary Surging energy prices create uncertainty for EU food producers, although national energy support measures reduce the impact and shield production. Nonetheless, food producers need to reassess their energy strategies because mandatory cuts in energy use can't be ruled out t...

Summary Resource equities continued to exhibit remarkable resiliency during the quarter, with the S&P Global Natural Resources Index outpacing global equities and global bonds over the 3-month period. Macroeconomic themes mostly continued to dominate all resource equity-relate...

Summary USDA has now dropped the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates in the much-awaited October reporting. In a simple one liner, here is the gist of it – lower soy and corn yields this year (drought and lack of fertilizer – we saw this one coming), but w...