Fascinating chart, via Jeff Saut: Reuters/CRB Futures Index Jeff notes the combined impact of Liquidity and Risk Appetite on the...
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We’ve mentioned the role Goldman Sachs has played in energy prices last year. They have been accused of manipulating GSCI for...
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The trustee Oregon Scientific is reading a frigid 9.1 degrees this morning here on Long Island! Man, that’s cold! Watch energy...
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Amusing analysis of the value of coins in circulation, via the Chicago Fed: "In the old days, a commodity was chosen to serve as...
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After starting the year in a funk, Markets have rallied on Crude dropping to 19 month lows. Dropping oil prices are a double edged sword:...
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Andrew J. Burkly of by Brown Brothers Harriman & Co does a nice "numerical" preview each year. Here are his Seven Big...
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File this one under "Oops! They did it again." You might recall this past September, I asked the assembled multitudes for a...
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It’s rarely any one single element that leads to major reversal such as we saw today. However, we can identify a half dozen elements...
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Floyd Norris puts forth an interesting theory about metals: While they have been historically early indicators of booms and busts,...
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Tales of Inflation’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. PPI — the prices for finished goods, not raw materials —...
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