The US dollar has been meaningfully weak this year with most of the depreciation occurring since June. The dollar index spot rate – measured as the...
Globally about 15% of the world’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions come from the transportation sector. Despite improving fuel efficiency in cars over the past seven decades, the fact that...
On Tuesday, 11 August, gold fell by over 5% and silver retreated nearly 15% prompting investors to wonder if there had been a material shift in...
Gold is the only major commodity to post year-to-date gains in the first half of 2020. The COVID-19 crisis has ripped apart the playbook for 2020....
OPEC+ (-Mexico) has agreed to extend more aggressive oil production cuts into July. In an earlier than originally scheduled meeting over the weekend (6-7th June 2020), most...
The green industrialised precious metals – platinum and palladium have started 2020 on a weak footing owing to the spread of the COVID–19 pandemic globally. The...
Brent and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) are two globally recognised oil benchmarks. When market participants refer to the price of oil, they typically refer to one...
”Since the start of 2020, the trajectory of coffee prices has been volatile due to a chain of key market incidents. Increasing global inventories and higher...
The active Nymex West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil contract (May) that will expire today briefly traded close to -$40/bbl yesterday and is currently at US$1.42/bbl[1]. Later...
Following an impasse that lasted from 6th March until Easter weekend, OPEC+ are finally ready to start cutting oil production again. The pain from falling demand and rising...
