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In this world of credit inflation, a period in which asset prices climb, investors keep looking for more and more opportunities to make money. Since the era of credit inflation began in the 1960s, asset prices have been one major source of wealth expansion, helping to contribute to the growi...
Commodity prices, as measured by our Materials Price Index ((MPI)), rose 4.4% last week in one of the largest gains in the 24-year history of our index. Massive moves in iron ore and natural gas led the index higher, although large increases were seen in a wide range of commodities last week -...
Commodity prices, as measured by our Materials Price Index (MPI), rose 0.4% last week supported by small gains in several major commodities groups. In comparison to previous weeks, price moves were lacklustre, a sign that the three-month rally in commodities may be ebbing. Lumber prices stee...
Our Materials Price Index ((MPI)) fell 0.1% last week, pausing after an 11-week rally dating back to late April. Over the past three months, commodity prices, as measured by the MPI, have registered a cumulative gain of just over 30%. Year to date, the MPI is still down 4.8%. Six of the MPI'...
In the chart below, we show the year-to-date performance through last Friday of several different commodities. Fitting for a year with a pandemic ravaging the globe, vitamin C is in demand as orange juice is actually the top performing commodity year to date with a gain of 33.6%. Behind OJ, ...
The raw material markets made a comeback in the second quarter of 2020 after the global pandemic caused a deflationary spiral taking the prices of most assets lower in Q1. The commodity asset class consisting of 29 of the primary commodities that trade on US and UK exchanges moved 17.77% lower...
In 2019, the six LME nonferrous metals were 1.74% higher from the closing level at the end of December 2018. In Q1 2020, the sector plunged 17.09%. In Q2, it came back and was 12.88% higher. Over the first six months of this year, base metals were 6.58% lower. The best performing commodity in ...
Our Materials Price Index ((MPI)) rose another 3.0% last week, the fourth time in the past five weeks that it has posted a gain of three percent or more. Since hitting a low at the end of April the MPI has risen 20%, though it is still down 14.2% in the year to date. The easing of more restric...
In 2018 and throughout most of 2019, the U.S. and China were at each other’s throats over trade. On the campaign trail in 2015 and 2016, U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to level the field on international trade. He warned that previous administrations continued to treat China as a...
With everything from Lean Hogs (-20%) to Sugar (-21%) to WTI Crude Oil (-45%) being taken to the proverbial woodshed so far in 2020, you'd be excused for thinking US-traded futures are the only game in town in terms of volatility and sell-offs. But there are a few billion people over in Chin...
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