Wealth Creation Through Natural Resources
Emerging market equities have enjoyed a strong July and the EEM exchange-traded fund is on the verge of breaking out from a completed head & shoulders chart pattern bottom: EEM (Daily – 3 Year) A breakout above major support/resistance … Continued
In March we witnessed the largest monthly inflows to emerging markets since June 2014: This is a very bullish chart because it bodes well for commodities and global growth. The emerging markets unwind has been one of the biggest … Continued
According to the Bank of America/Merrill Lynch (BAML) fund manager survey gold is the most undervalued it has been since 2008 and crude oil is the most undervalued it has been since the survey began in 2008: … Continued
Cancana JV Poised to Capture Market Share During the Commodity Storm As a result of the global commodities downturn manganese ore production is being cut around the world: UMK cuts manganese ore production by 50% South32’s Q2 manganese ore … Continued
The current commodities bear market is nothing short of the worst 10-year decline since the Great Depression: And the losses only got worse this morning when WTI Crude Oil futures were down more than 5% printing a low of … Continued
This is a really smart note from @rareviewmacro: To boil this down, a rate hike on Wednesday will likely to serve to only ‘tighten’ market conditions further, whereas, a decision to keep rates on hold would generate a sell-off … Continued
With the CRB Index plumbing new lows on a daily basis managed money such as CTAs and hedge funds are betting on more downside by moving to a virtually unprecedented net short position across the commodities futures complex: CRB … Continued
From RBC: “The reason for the recent poor performance of commodities as an asset class is two-fold: 1) fundamentals are bearish across most of the complex (which we will leave outside the scope of this particular analysis); and 2) there … Continued
Gold has outperformed stocks (S&P 500) during 2015: While Treasury bonds (+3.15%) have easily trumped stocks (-5.19%), precious metals, and commodities (CRB -15.02%) during 2015 it is notable that gold (-4.39%) has actually outperformed stocks during a year in … Continued
From @AgsPlayers on Twitter: This is significant activity that totals nearly a billion dollars. Someone was putting money to work today, or at the very least, covering short positions. The S&P GSCI Agricultural Index rose 1.21% and the … Continued