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  • Where is the Chinese metals demand? by Kentpaul
    So if the Chinese really are saving the world and buying up all of those 'scare' base metals then presumably the mining companies would know about? Well according to Statistic Canada they didn't know China existed as of September 2009. In fact capacity utilisation in the Canadian mining industry... More »
    December 16, 2009 • BDD, BOM, BOS
  • Some contrary copper talk by Greg Merrill
    I recently blogged about the rising copper inventories worldwide.   Copper inventories keep growing at an accelerated pace. So why are prices rising as well?  I see a few items driving prices higher right now, those being the dollar, an expectation for a... More »
    November 30, 2009 • FCX, TCK, PCU
  • What are the commercials telling us about the copper price? by Kentpaul
     The CFTC offers a weekly net commitment report of non-commercial and commercial traders of copper futures amongst other markets.  The commercials are predominated by industrial users who will typically be long the futures and producers who will look to be tactically short to hedge... More »
    November 25, 2009 • BDD, BDG, BOM
  • Dr Copper spots a monster by Kentpaul
    LME warehouse inventories. Not looking very good with many base metals at or near multi-year highs and there being increasing market suspicion that a large part of the apparent demand rebound from China this year was purely speculative and that actual industrial demand is quite weak as... More »
    November 18, 2009 • SPX, BDD, BOM
  • Markets Get More Decisive by Eric Coffin
     Decision Time… From the July 19, 2009 HRA Dispatch The shift towards a more positive mood became infectious last week, despite a continuation of at best mixed results from either side of the Atlantic. In New York the brokers were showing good Q2 results, but the bankers... More »
    July 22, 2009 • GLD, BDD, BDG
  • Indecision TIme: Markets Muddle Through June by Eric Coffin
     Indecision Time From the June 21, 2009 HRA Dispatch As we move through June, markets look less and less decisive about the medium term trend. Large cap indices have flattened out and look like they are slowly rolling over. All the commentary about how large the bounce has... More »
    June 24, 2009 • SPX, GLD, BDG

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