10.03.2010 - Is Baltic Dry Index dead?

From Cnbc.com: The Baltic Dry Shipping Index, a leading economic indicator used by market insiders to gauge global demand for dry commodities, gained 17 percent over the last five trading days. Over the past year, however, the index has lagged against the Dow. Is it still an accurate measure? Doug Mavrinac, Maritime Group research head at Jefferies, and Amrita Sen, commodity analyst at Barclays Capital, shared their insights..............................................Full Article: Source

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