Make no mistake: The ebb and flow of Chinese physical commodity demand remain paramount to commodity price trends! Clearly Chinese growth has slowed, and clearly there has been an added fear of credit turmoil inside of China with their recent bond failure.
The World Economy Continues to Claw Its Way Toward Recovery
With several weeks of Dollar weakness, a series of new highs in global equity markets and significant volatility in the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index, one might view the next two weeks as extremely critical for commodity prices.
Gold futures impacted by Russia-Ukraine tensions
Tensions between Russia and Ukraine prompted increased demand for storage havens on Tuesday as gold futures rose in value and barreled toward the threshold price of $1,400 per troy ounce, according to Bloomberg.
Is the US Economy Slipping Back?
While Treasury and gold prices seem to think that the US economy is slipping back into a slow or no-growth posture, the odds are good that economic activity was merely crimped by one of the coldest and snowiest winters on record.
Tell-tale Signs of an Improving Global Economy
The price action in many physical commodities over the last two months has been very impressive, and that action is indicative of a global economy that is waddling its way toward recovery.
US Growth Expectations Signaling a Long, Slow Recovery
Over the last two months, the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index has racked up some fairly impressive gains, suggesting that commodities have been sensing improvement in the global economic outlook.
Overall Uncertainty Continues to Decline
The overall outlook for commodities is slightly improved from last week’s dismal view. Clearly the US economy has remained suspect in the wake of the second disappointing Non-Farm Payroll result in a row.
Chicago Trading Seminar: Placing Spread Orders Through Your Broker
Don DeBartolo, a senior broker at Daniels Trading, explains how to place a futures spread trade order through your broker at the GBE Chicago trading seminar on June 22, 2013.
Suspicion Toward Pace of Growth, Commodity Markets in Downward Bias
With a second Fed tapering event recently, the reality of less accommodative US monetary conditions was mostly realized in the marketplace, and not surprisingly, equities suffered the brunt of the reality check.
Recent Concern For the Pace of US Recovery
Looking at the action in stocks last week, we might develop some concern for the pace of the US recovery, especially in the wake of a soft December Non-Farm Payroll result, sub-par sales guidance from a couple of bellwether US companies and from fears that the Fed might continue to taper even in the face of uneven US data.