Wealth Creation Through Natural Resources
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
Two charts that excellently illustrate the commodities bear market which has accelerated to record depths during the last few years: Love them or hate them, precious metals exchange-traded products (ETFs, ETNs, etc.) soared to record levels in late 2012 following the … Continued
The most widely followed commodities index, the CRB (Reuters/Jefferies Commodities Index), closed below its 2009 Global Financial Crisis low last week: (The CRB closed even lower today due to declines in crude oil and copper) An interesting excerpt from a … Continued
Via Bespoke: The chart is pretty self explanatory, but nonetheless stunning. It hasn’t been this bad for commodities since the post-dotcom crash recession, and in many ways it’s much worse than it was in 2002. A few takeaways from … Continued
With gold floundering just below $1,100/oz for the last week gold bulls are digging for reasons to be optimistic. However, the following two charts courtesy of Morgan Stanley Research indicate that relative to other commodities gold is fairly is expensive … Continued
WTI crude suffered an 8% spill today. The fundamental reasons are fairly straightforward (continued supply glut that has not been completely redressed despite the large price decline at the end of last year, a China stock market crash which has … Continued
Many major commodities such as copper and crude oil made important lows during January (while crude made a marginal new low in March, it’s clear that January marked a major momentum and sentiment low for black gold). It’s been four months … Continued
This is an interesting graphic courtesy of RBC illustrating a large drop-off in managed money (CTAs, commodity pool operators, etc.) positioning in commodity futures: After reaching extremely high net long exposure earlier last year before the crude oil crash, managed … Continued