Category Commodities

Commodities, Gold, In the news, Investing

Has Inflation Finally Arrived?

US inflation shows signs of edging higher

One often-repeated claim, as I noted in “A Boiling Point… For Gold” and “Is the Conventional Wisdom Wrong About Gold?” is that gold (and other precious metals) likely won’t rally because inflation remains subdued. However, recent data suggests that the…

Michael Panzner
November 21, 2015

Commodities, Federal Reserve, Gold, In the news, Investing

Commodities: Now’s the Time for a Contrarian Bet?

Chart 4: China's share of global commodity consumption

To many observers, the outlook for oil and other energy products, industrial and precious metals, grains and other commodities remains bleak, even after a rout that has seen the CRB Commodity Index lose more than a third of its value…

Michael Panzner
November 3, 2015
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