USCI News and Press, United States Commodity Index Fund ETV From 12/28/23

2023-12-28 06:30:00 ET Summary The markets have been so fixated on forecasting a recession and ensuing rate cuts that they have ignored an abundance of data pointing to the early stages of a manufacturing-led expansion. It appears the market may have been mispriced amid the Federa...

2023-12-13 02:26:00 ET Summary Outlook for commodities in 2024. Will slowing growth hurt commodity prices? Commodities demand: What to expect from China in 2024. Numerous recent economic indicators have been signaling that economic growth may be starting to slow. D...

2023-12-10 23:57:00 ET Summary Friday’s employment report showed another solid gain in employment. It’s great for the continuing trend in decent economic growth, but it’s bad because it means that inflation is likely to linger a little longer than the Fed wants. ...

2023-11-21 00:32:00 ET Summary Inflation will come back and if history is any guide, it will be higher in the next cycle than this one. The short-term trends of the 10-year Treasury note rate and the US dollar have changed to negative. Stocks and REITs have been hampered by ri...

2023-10-21 07:39:35 ET Summary TNA in the conventional funds business declined 2.08%, falling $516 billion from Q2 2023 to slightly more than $24.309 trillion for Q3 2023. The money markets funds macro-group witnessed the largest absolute and relative increases in TNA under manage...

2023-10-18 14:57:11 ET Summary The United States Commodity Index Fund is our preferred commodity ETF, followed by the iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF. COMT is an optimized commodity ETF that maximizes roll yields by selecting commodities and futures contracts with...

2023-10-17 07:30:00 ET Summary What the Gaza conflict could mean for oil markets. Why the real threat to markets is if the Israeli-Hamas conflict pulls in other actors. Managing a portfolio in a time of uncertainty. The conflict between Israel and Hamas is adding m...

2023-10-16 20:15:00 ET Summary Many commodity prices have been in a slump for most of 2023. Weak economic activity in China gets a large part of the blame, but it’s not the whole story. Besides economic weakness in China, another very important challenge for commodity marke...

2023-09-25 20:21:00 ET Summary Bond yields, which have been stagnant since peaking last October, finally broke above the trading range they’ve been in for all that time. Interest rates will peak at some point. When they do, it may or may not coincide with the onset of reces...

2023-09-18 03:00:00 ET Summary For retirees, high-dividend stocks can be an important source of income while also offering appreciation potential. Higher-yielding stocks have produced better returns than dividend growth and the broader market. Growth stocks do well and it is t...