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jeroff — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:00:03 +0000

TradingFloor.com’s Financial Calendar was upgraded yesterday, 15 May, with a text search box, a ‘go to next event’ shortcut and a calendar print function.

Commodities super-cycle rides into trouble

jeroff — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:43:00 +0000

The commodities super-cycle was expected to last at least two decades. But has it already run its course? Commodity bulls argue that prices have historically tended to rise and fall in 20-year waves. After a long period of stagnation in the 1980s and 1990s, prices appeared to have started a powerful new cycle in 1999 driven by emerging market demand.
Yet just halfway into the predicted super-cyc…
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Commodities set for worst run since ‘98 on Europe, China concern

jeroff — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:42:46 +0000

Commodities declined for a tenth day, set for the longest losing streak since 1998, on concern that Europe’s debt crisis will worsen as Greece remains without a government while economic growth in China may slow further.
The Standard & Poor’s GSCI Spot Index of raw materials fell as much as 0.5 percent to 632.7, and traded at 634.35 by 7:12 a.m. in London. Oil futures traded near a five-month…
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Why are commodity prices falling?

jeroff — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:42:35 +0000

Commodities fell nearly to two-year lows last week, leading to some speculation that the massive commodity bull market that started in 1999 might be stumbling. Why are commodity prices falling? There are three main reasons: China is cooling down. Commodities are the inputs of all manufacturing processes. As economic activity slows down, so will demand ... Read More

Commodity and EU-induced nerves push AUDUSD below parity

jeroff — Tue, 15 May 2012 04:00:07 +0000

Gold rushed to new recent lows and close to strategic support Monday while commodities elsewhere, and risk appetite, were also weak on the day, pushing AUDUSD to just below the parity level.

Brent spec longs cut by 18 percent

jeroff — Tue, 15 May 2012 04:00:07 +0000

Speculators have now cut their Brent crude long by almost one-third from the peak indicating that much of the speculative froth has almost been removed. The reduction was solely down to long liquidation with no build-up in short positioning.

Commodity CFTC: Gold longs at their lowest point since 2008

jeroff — Tue, 15 May 2012 04:00:06 +0000

Hedge funds and other large investors cut bullish bets on rising commodity prices by the most since November as risk-off sentiment in the wake of the Greek election eased the appetite for higher risk assets. Gold longs the lowest since December 2008.

The Trend In Gold Is Down, Sideways And Up. That’s Right!

jeroff — Tue, 15 May 2012 04:00:04 +0000

Peter Brandt in a StockTwit today asked: “Does anyone want to deny that the trend in Gold is NOT down???? “.[More...]

With bear market, are glory days over for commodities?

jeroff — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:23:42 +0000

Commodities are struggling, and that’s not good for Canadian investors or for anyone who has tapped into the argument that a commodities “super cycle” – driven largely by surging demand in China – would maintain upward pressure on prices for raw materials for a long, long time. The Reuters/Jefferies CRB index of 19 commodities has ... Read More

Why China’s slowdown could be good for US, Europe

jeroff — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:23:26 +0000

China’s economy may be on track to grow at its slowest pace in a decade, but there’s a silver lining to this: lower commodity prices may actually benefit the U.S. and Europe, just when they most need it.
“The U.S. might not be in too bad a shape because it would benefit form cheaper commodity and oil prices,” Frederic Neumann, HSBC’s Co-Head of Asian Economic Research said………………………
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