Posted on 19 March 2010 by VRS
From Reuters: Commodities assets under management rose to $255 billion in Febuary from $245 billion, reversing January’s decline as investors remained positive about the asset class but began shifting away from long-only strategies, Barclays Capital said. [more]
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Posted on 19 March 2010 by VRS
From Bloomberg: Investors put $3.98 billion into commodities last month, almost 29 times the amount in January, favoring investments linked to indexes over exchange-traded products, Barclays Capital said. [more]
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Posted on 19 March 2010 by VRS
From Reuters: China remains the most important demand driver in commodity markets and is likely to continue setting the tone for many markets in the second quarter, Barclays Capital said. [more]
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Posted on 19 March 2010 by VRS
From Commodityonline.com: Global gold prices may witness a fall following the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) forecast for the 2010-11 financial year. The IMF said India and China will perform better than expected and the global economic recovery is faster than it had anticipated. [more]
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From Proactiveinvestors.com.au: After a very strong 2009, BMO Capital Markets Global Commodity Strategist Bark Melek forecasts gold and other precious metals are “projected to do very well over the next several years.” [more]
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Posted on 19 March 2010 by VRS
From Mineweb.com: Global gold demand is expected to recover in 2010 after a fall last year, helped by a pick-up in jewellery demand and firm investment demand, a senior official at the World Gold Council said. [more]
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Posted on 19 March 2010 by VRS
From Commodityonline.com: The bulk of the weakness in the US Dollar today can be attributed to a short covering rally in the British Pound. [more]
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Posted on 19 March 2010 by VRS
From Agmetalminer.com: Though banking regulations probably don’t appear top of mind for most buyers of metals, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd’s financial reform bill, currently under consideration, could drastically alter the way OTC swap markets and other commodity trading schemes are regulated. [more]
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Posted on 19 March 2010 by VRS
From Hardassetsinvestor.com: Call me a worrywart, but palladium’s got me fretting. Platinum’s poorer relation has boomed since December 2008, when spot prices bottomed at $160 an ounce. But earlier this month, palladium’s parabolic rally stalled at $480. [more]
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Posted on 19 March 2010 by VRS
From Mineweb.com: The nickel market will be in a deficit of at least 10,000 tonnes this year but surpluses will return in the following three years as more metal comes onstream, Brook Hunt said on Thursday. [more]
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From AFP: OPEC countries are returning to energy investment projects postponed at the height of the economic crisis, while foreign firms are playing a major role. [more]
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From Bnet.com: Ever since OPEC agreed to cut oil production by 4.2 million barrels a day, its member countries have had trouble sticking to the quota. Overproduction is rampant and compliance has fallen to somewhere around 53 percent. [more]
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Posted on 19 March 2010 by VRS
From Reuters: OPEC has less room to raise production as global oil use recovers because of Russia’s increasing output, said Shokri Ghanem, the head of Libya’s delegation to the organisation. [more]
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Posted on 19 March 2010 by VRS
From Tradearabia.com: Opec is likely to continue to leave its oil output quotas unchanged till its next meeting in October, Kuwaiti Oil Minister Sheikh Ahmad al-Abdullah al-Sabah said. [more]
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Posted on 19 March 2010 by VRS
From Rt.com: Russia could gain 10% of the global carbon trading market in the next 3-4 years. But the need to invest in environmental projects and a forest of red tape is slowing he process. [more]
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From AFP: Taiwan aims to engage in international carbon trading despite its diplomatic isolation by helping its allies in Africa and the Asia Pacific develop clean energy projects, an official said Thursday. [more]
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From Nytimes.com: Some trading in carbon dioxide credits came to a halt on two exchanges this week, marking a new crisis for the European Union’s fledgling system for curbing greenhouse gas emissions. [more]
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From Carbonnews.co.nz: The Obama administration is considering a carbon-trading system under existing law if the US Congress doesn’t pass cap-and-trade legislation that allows companies to buy and sell the right to pollute, a US Environmental Protection Agency official said. [more]
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Posted on 19 March 2010 by VRS
From Reuters: President Barack Obama faces a tough choice on China’s currency. He could cave in to U.S. congressional calls to challenge China and anger a vital creditor as he seeks to boost American jobs in an election year. Or he could play it safe and duck the issue, following the example of his predecessor George W. Bush. [more]
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From Economistan.com: A series of Chinese government policy changes are enabling Asian companies to settle trades with their Chinese counterparts in renminbi. [more]
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From Dow Jones: Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler said Thursday the U.S. is determined to press ahead with reform to the over-the-counter derivatives market, even without international agreement. [more]
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From Mondovisione.com: The Futures Industry Association filed a major comment letter in opposition to the adoption by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of its proposed speculative position limits on energy commodities. [more]
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From Commodityonline.com: India-based electronic spot commodity trading bourse, National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) is mulling to tap retail segment of gold investors by launching demat gold investment product on its platform on Wednesday, March 17, 2010. [more]
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Posted on 19 March 2010 by VRS
From Risk.net: Ratings agency and financial research firm Standard & Poor’s (S&P) is to roll out two commodity-related sub-indexes that focus only on European and Asian contracts in response to fears the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will make further changes to existing regulations this year. [more]
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From Reuters: Yale University Chief Investment Officer David Swensen’s losses on big bets in private equity, real estate and commodities have not deterred the noted contrarian. [more]
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Posted on 19 March 2010 by VRS
From Investmentnews.com: Like many people and governments, China does not like to be told what to do. If the U.S. Government wants to succeed in getting the China to up-value the Yuan, it should refrain from pressuring the Chinese Government, and certainly not resort to threats. [more]
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