Showing posts with label CRB Index. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CRB Index. Show all posts
Sunday, March 8, 2015

Global commodities under pressure

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Posted by Walter With the dollar's renewed strength and slower global demand, commodities are under pressure again. Source: barc...
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Is China's anti-corruption campaign responsible for global commodities sell-off?

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Commodities came under severe pressure yesterday, in part driven by some negative news out of China, the world's largest single consum...
Thursday, January 10, 2013

China's economic improvement is becoming visible in global markets

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An unexpected rise in China's trade surplus announced today had a material impact on global markets. The increase in trade activity sh...
Saturday, September 8, 2012

The anticipation of aggressive monetary expansion by the Fed woke up inflation expectations

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Friday's poor employment report has given us a good window into how financial markets react to prospects of a monetary expansion. The ...
Friday, August 31, 2012

Monetary expansion, the US dollar, and commodity prices

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Economists continue to insist that there is no connection between the Fed's monetary expansion programs and increases in commodity pri...
Thursday, July 19, 2012

Implied US real long-term rates moving deeper into negative territory

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The chart below compares the 10-year zero coupon US treasury yield with the 10-year zero coupon inflation swap rate. The difference is the...
Friday, June 15, 2012

The longer term trend in commodities will be driven by China, not central banks

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Commodities seem to have found a support level after a massive selloff recently. The CRB index recently broke through the previous support...
Tuesday, May 15, 2012

With commodities at recent lows, inflation expectations have declined

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The CRB commodities index broke through the apparent support level discussed earlier . Commodities continue to be pressured by the global...
Thursday, May 10, 2012

The CRB index as a stress indicator

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The CRB commodity index has been a good relative indicator of global risk appetite. During stressed conditions the expectations for global...
Sunday, April 22, 2012

Commodities don't provide "diversification" in a crisis

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Investopedia is a great reference tool, particularly for those new to finance. But once in a while it provides advice that may not be enti...
Sunday, November 20, 2011

From QE2 to Arab Spring - a Lesson for the ECB

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As the ECB may potentially be forced into a round of "Quantitative Easing" (EUQE), dangers that span beyond Europe may loom. ...