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At the beginning of the month, we underestimated how fast agricultural commodities would follow base metals down. Although there are good reasons to buy agriculture ETFs as a hedge against geopolitically induced food inflation, DBA is too underexposed to grain commodities to perform t...

Barclays (NYSE:BCS) announced that it has halted further sales of 30 iPath ETNs. The move comes as the company plans a restatement of financial details, triggering a regulatory requirement that it stop selling the investment vehicles. The suspension went into effect at the open of trading on ...

Commodities exposure, designed carefully, can provide effective inflation defense and portfolio diversification. After nearly a decade of struggles and underinvestment, the supportive infrastructure and supply for many commodities have become strained. Commodities don’t all...

The conflict in Ukraine has already led nations to reassess their energy security, but with two of the world's biggest grain exporters at war, food security is also making waves. The Hungarian government now has the option to buy any grain destined for export, while Moldova and Serbia have re...

Buyers (countries, investors, and traders) are panicking as the commodity Wheat gained more than 40% last week. Commodity markets surged to their largest gains in years as Ukrainian ports were closed and sanctions against Russia sent buyers scrambling for replacement supplies. Giv...

Flooding in northern Brazil and drought in the south has shaved the South American soybean crop. My forecast from three weeks ago of extreme mid-late winter cold weather has created an historical January spike in natural gas. The Harmattan Wind is beginning to affect West African ...

Commodities, by virtue of their fungibility and broad uses, have infiltrated nearly every facet of human life, making the world enormously reliant on their ready availability. As the world gears up for the push to reduce carbon emissions, one segment of the commodity world under the s...

The major US equity indices moved in concert, but the big disappointment so far this year has been small caps. Energy is clearly where the action is this year. After spending years at the bottom of the tables, Natural Gas, Gasoline, and Crude Oil now lead the pack. For furth...

After the pandemic’s initial spending splurge, the bill is due, and global growth is mean-reverting again. Treasury yields are confirming the disinflationary ride as we thought that they should. Similar trends are unfolding in the great hot north, with Canadian government b...

MSCI US REIT Index rallied 2.7% in June, which marks an impressive run of eight consecutive monthly increases. The Russell 3000 Index jumped 2.5% in June, the fifth straight monthly advance. Comparing GMI to US stocks and bonds shows that global asset allocation remains competitiv...