As trade war is taking off, the global commodities market is the first to be directly hit. Despite rising price of other risky assets, the Dow Jones Commodity Index has decreased 5.37% in the past month. Among all segments, US cotton and Chinese steel market saw most significant rise due to macro statistics and political […]
Global Oil Price Hit Near 3-Year High The oil price has stayed low since December 2014 when robust global production significantly exceeded demand. However, on June 29, WTI (West Texas Intermediate) price surged by more than 4% to $74.15 per barrel, the highest level since the end of 2014. The immediate cause is the production […]
Cotton Price Refreshed its 6-Year High The U.S. cotton market has remained stable since its spike in 2011, when China executed its cotton reserving and fiber hording plan. It is believed that U.S. cotton demand and price were artificially kept low because there are always worries that China would unexpectedly unleash its cotton stockpile, about […]
Starting from June, industrial metals, especially copper, have been the big movers in the commodities market. On June 8, the LME Copper soared to $7261.5 per ton, reaching its highest price since January 2014. The price of copper is essentially determined by the supply and demand relationship as well as the broad economic factors, such […]
For all time, agricultural production is the result of a combination of two factors: financing and weather. This argument got strong support from the increased volatility in grains price over the past few months. The trembling in the market was primarily caused by firstly, this year’s drought conditions in Argentina and secondly, the tariffs and […]
Crude Oil Market ICE_B1, a benchmark for brent crude oils, had one of the highest returns of the commodities package with increases of 6.97% over the one month period from April 22 to May 22, 2018. One can reasonably suppose that geopolitical concerns led to this increase as crude oil hit some its highest prices […]
