RJZ News and Press, AB Svensk Ekportkredit ELEMENTS Linked to the Rogers International Commodity Index - Metals Total Return Structured Product From 02/23/22

Russia's recognition of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DLPR) has sparked global outrage and triggered the first tranche of sanctions. Although Russian markets are closed for a public holiday, offshore trading shows a continued sell-off in Russian USD debt. We take a l...

European energy markets became very tight and volatile over the course of 2021. Most industrial sectors are energy-intensive and rely more on gas and power for heating and feedstock, where prices have skyrocketed. High-profit margins are a cushion for higher procurement prices. ...

With January’s 7.5% headline CPI reading coming in as the highest inflation number in nearly 40 years, now seems an opportune time to assess the outlook for inflation. Understanding where inflation is heading is not only important from an economic perspective, but the direction...

There is one huge thing that is missing in all the buzz about inflation: the surging M2 money supply. As real rates move higher, the demand for money becomes intense, liquidity becomes scarce, and marginal firms get squeezed. Swap spreads are a highly liquid indicator of general l...

In spite of India’s coal supply crisis easing up a bit, the country’s aluminum sector has pressed the panic button. After China, India ranks as one of the top aluminum producers, with per year production levels hovering around four million metric tons. Coal India Lim...

The phrases, 'buy on the dips', 'volatility', and 'market correction' have traders and market watchers all abuzz. In rising markets, "buying on the dips" makes sense. By understanding the overall market direction for the underlying market or commodity studied, buying organizations...

Fueled by climate change and other environmental concerns, ESG-focused funds reached $3.9 trillion in AUM at the end of September 2021. As for the operational environment, most wind turbine blades are made of nonrecyclable composites. Green and renewable companies are attracting t...

Popular measures of inflation such as the CPI and the PPI are backward-looking, but the financial markets are always trying to look forward. An implication is that prices in the financial markets are influenced to a far greater degree by changes in the expected future CPI (inflation e...

Certainly, rising metals prices are seen as an inflationary pressure themselves. However, they can also be seen as a hedge against inflation if the expectation is metal prices will continue to rise. Metals have largely failed to react so far to inflation fears. If the market b...

Despite wholesale cash prices coming down several months ago on several construction related commodities, such as lumber, consumer-level retail prices have not necessarily seen the same drops. Lumber futures returned to relatively normal levels during the fall, settling around an aver...