commodities

In October 2018 I wrote an article on gold pointing out that the October low was formed after a price consolidation that lasted several weeks (a3). Such a pattern has […]

There are many reasons why commodity prices change. Supply and demand are two obvious ones, and a slowing global economy logically would entail lower commodity prices. The US dollar is […]

Talk that Saudi Arabia has its sights on US$80-US$100 a barrel oil again and of more U.S. sanctions on Russia ignited a rally in commodities and resource stocks on Thursday, […]

A team of Japanese researchers from multiple institutions has calculated that an area of deep-sea mud in the western North Pacific Ocean near Minami-Torishima Island, Japan, contains more than 16 […]

Nobody knows for certain what cars will look like in 2050, but we can make some sensible guesses based on the research and development that companies are doing today.

Dan Gramza gives a brief review of the USA grains markets and their relationships with the EU grain markets.

How will the commodity market look in 2017?

It has been a quite difficult year for stocks markets so far. Despite the barely positive performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500, a modest 4% since January, the European indexes still show an average loss of -7%. Japan is registering a double digit loss, just compensated by a rise in the currency that turns into neutral its performance when calculated in US dollars. The good surprise of 2016 comes from the emerging markets, usually very volatile and vulnerable to global uncertainties. After underperforming for years, the emerging markets are in good shape, in the middle of a bull trend that has started from the major bottom of last January. Since the beginning of 2016, the MSCI Emerging market index, total return in US dollars, has grown 15%, a much more consistent 33% when measured from the January’s low.