A good case can be made for the copper market to be a star performer among commodities in the next few years. However, you wouldn’t know it by the price action lately. Copper futures prices are down about 25% from 2018 and have lost about half their value since the all-time high set in 2011. Copper has...
The benefits of managed futures have been widely documented for
lowering the overall risk of an investment portfolio, while increasing the opportunity
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As I look through the longer-term commodity charts, I see
one downtrending market after another.
The main exception is the precious metals. The weakness in commodity
prices seems to makes sense with the increased recession talk on the financial
networks. Economic growth in Europe is anemic and may be recession bound in the
near future. Now let’s not forget that the yield...
Traders in the lean hog markets have waged a battle whether
China will begin importing massive amounts of pork in the near future or not.
China is in great need of replacement pork as much of their herd was wiped out
this year due to the swine flu. China has a healthy appetite for pork and it
seems like it is...
Live cattle futures had limit-down moves on Monday and
Tuesday, losing about 7 percent of its value in that rapid decline. The news
that rocked the market was a severely damaging fire at a Tyson Fresh Meats
plant in Kansas. The plant represents about 5-6 percent of the cattle
processing capacity in this country. Needless to say, cattle traders headed for
the...
