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Commodities have been among the biggest losers in 2019 to date in terms of performance. While equities have posted noteworthy gains this year, a basket of commodity prices as measured by the S&P GSCI Commodity Index has been essentially flat and is well below its yearly high. In the aggreg...
All eyes around the world have been on China for many years. The story of China's economic growth has been nothing short of spectacular. A unique brand of capitalist communism launched the country from an emerging market to the world's second-leading economy. China has enjoyed its emerging mar...
One of the most significant factors when it comes to the commodities asset class has been the ongoing trade war between the United States and China. China is the world's most populous nation with the second-leading GDP. With approximately 1.8 billion people, over 18% of the people of the world...
Excluding precious metals, 2019 has been a tough year for commodities. A combination of a strong U.S. currency and weakening demand from key industrial nations has resulted in the lowest prices in decades for many raw materials. Many commodity bulls have given up all hope of a rebound in the n...
A reserve currency is a foreign exchange instrument that is widely accepted by the world's central banks. The requirements are political and economic stability and liquidity without excessive government controls. Central banks and leading global financial institutions hold reserve currencies...
By Edward D. Perks, CFA, Chief Investment Officer, Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Solutions and Gene Podkaminer, CFA, Head of Multi-Asset Research Strategies, Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Solutions Slower Global Growth A Rising Concern The global economy continues to show downward mome...
Markets across all asset classes are pawns and react to the news cycle around the world as they reflect the ever-changing economic and political landscapes. On Monday, September 16, markets received another lesson that participants must always prepare for the unexpected. The attacks on Saudi A...
Video Transcript There are three important things when I think about commodities influencing the markets currently. First is the U.S./China trade dispute. Second is global central banks, which have shifted aggressively towards easing as a supporting factor, and lastly, it is the direc...
Lumber is a critical industrial commodity. Construction projects around the world require wood, which is also an agricultural product. At the same time, paper is a wood product. The advent of computers has reduced the requirements for paper, but population growth around the world has increased...
By Jonathan Liss My guest today is GraniteShares founder and CEO, Will Rhind. Before founding GraniteShares in 2016, Will spent the previous 18 years working on launching and managing ETFs, first for the Barclays Global Investors iShares brand (which BGI later sold to BlackRock)...