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Commodity Compass - 10/17 - Precious Metals Continue to Shine, Cattle go Limit Down
This week, the dominant headline driving the metals and broader markets was again the escalating U.S.–China battle over rare earth export controls. B…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Commodity Compass - 10/10 - Rare Earth Export Controls Rattle Geopolitics
The dominant narrative pushing commodities this week was the escalating U.S.–China quarrel focused on rare earth export controls. China, citing natio…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Commodity Compass - 10/3 - Diverging Supply Concerns in Copper and Oil
Markets shrugged off the US government shut down this week. Job and private sector employment data showed a decaying labor market, but investors saw …
8 months ago
Commodity Compass - 9/26 - Platinum and Palladium Outperform, Lean Hogs find a Friday Surge
We started the week riding some momentum in oil, but by midweek WTI and Brent gave back gains after a deal to reopen the Kurdish-Iraq pipeline. The d…
8 months, 1 week ago
Commodity Compass - 9/21 - Rate Cuts Move Silver and Gold; Harvest Kicks Off in the Heartland
The Federal Reserve offered its first rate cut since December last week and spurred heavy buying into the precious metals complex later in the week. …
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Commodity Compass - 9/14 - Grains, Gold and Palladium Shine
President Trump also ratcheted up pressure on the Fed Chair to enact a “big rate cut now,” citing weakening producer prices and arguing that inflatio…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Commodity Compass - 9/7 - Gold in the Spotlight this Week, Further Weakness in Grains
Markets began September on edge, with investors highly attuned to U.S. inflation data and momentum toward a possible rate cut. Risk appetite was buoy…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Commodity Compass - 8/29 - Gold and Silver Break Out, Corn Finally Rallies
As the Executive Branch of the US Government continues to put pressure on the FOMC, markets are betting on easier money and lower rates. This pushed …
9 months, 1 week ago
Commodity Compass - 8/24 - Dovish Tones on Friday Sent Commodities Higher for the Week
The markets awaited patiently all week for Jerome Powell's Jackson Hole comments on Friday. The dovish tone sent physical markets higher and the US D…
9 months, 1 week ago
Commodity Compass - 8/17 - Mixed Signal in Metals while Farmers See Continued Pressure with Low Grain Prices
Strong U.S. jobs data, sticky inflation, firming yields, and mixed global growth signals contributed to a choppy week for commodity markets, while a …
9 months, 2 weeks ago