YUMY News and Press, VanEck Future of Food ETF From 06/06/22

If you are an investor and sell every time your perception of uncertainty rises, you will avoid risk, but you will also miss opportunities. Our heightened state of awareness about uncertainty has us focused on the negative outcomes, assuming the worst-case scenarios will be realized. ...

Outside of Congress and the Federal Reserve, the White House is limited in what it can do to fight inflation. While we have seen the White House now focus efforts on refining capacity, our expectation is that the summer could see new record highs for gas prices in the U.S. The Whi...

Commodity markets remain vulnerable to Russia-Ukraine developments. Tightness in several commodities means that markets are likely to be more sensitive to any supply shocks. Tightness in energy and some agricultural commodities is set to persist for the foreseeable future. Disrupt...

The loss of wheat and sunflower exports from Russia and Ukraine has had clear knock-on effects on many Asian staples. In every country in Asia right now, food price inflation is pushing overall inflation higher, and this could have further to go. Certainly, higher rates can help r...

The war in Ukraine will likely pour more gasoline on the already raging inflationary fire, threatening to send the global economy into stagflation. Stagflation is a slowdown of economic activity caused by inflation. Over the last 20-plus years, every time the economy stumbled, Uncle F...

On the surface, the correction has only started getting to the broad indices. Under the hood, the damage is deeper: 70% of S&P 500 stocks and 85% of NASDAQ stocks are below their 200-day moving averages. The Fed is raising rates and reducing liquidity by allowing assets on its bal...

The market was expecting planted soy to be at 48-50% planted and corn to come in around 68-70%. Surprisingly, the commodities markets are somewhat tame, given that the envelope to plant and have a successful crop harvest prior to the first freeze is coming to a close shortly. This...

The war in Ukraine clearly triggered the spike in oil prices and in agricultural prices as well. Inflation, interest rates and Fed policy are linked. Similarly, supply chain disruptions, the slowdown in China, and big-tech reversals are all Covid-related. The bottom line right now...

U.S. organic sales reached nearly $62 billion in 2020 as the industry achieved its 12th consecutive year of growth. Following growing consumer demand, the footprint of U.S. organic agriculture has expanded. While consumer demand has been the driver for an increase in organic agric...

As governments globally commit to carbon-reduction policies, investments in renewable energy and clean technologies are creating a far-ranging opportunity set for long-term investors. As governments across the world commit to long-term carbon-reduction policies, cumulative investments...