Cool Crude Charts
We re-jogged our memories about the definitions of Contango and Backwardation when Crude Oil experienced the highest level of backwardation in 15 years. Now, Newedge is out with a great piece tackling everything from the CME fine tuning the nickel content allowed in deliverable crude, to Egypt’s foreign reserves to the Jones Act which requires any goods moving from a US port to another US port to be done on a US flagged vessel.
Commodity “Supercycle” Over?
The Wall Street Journal’s latest headline is claiming, “Investors, Analysts See End of Commodity ‘Supercycle.” We’re wondering if a “supercycle” was here to begin with. Regardless, recent commodity movement isn’t surprising as they typically show volatile short term swings. Here are more takeaways:
Beer, Aluminum, and the Red Sofa
Financial media is all over Miller-Coors’ frustrations claiming London Metal Exchange’s lack of regulations is leading to the banks artificially raising prices. However, what’s catching our eye is the humorous Wall Street Journal article detailing the quirky and bizarre rules, such as traders having to be attached to a red sofa.
ETF’s: A Fly or a Bull?
The goal of trading models is to be a fly on the bull’s back, but not be the bull. ETF’s have long sold themselves as that fly – now giving investors a way to follow along with almost anything you can think of. Some are wondering if it’s possible for the fly to move the bull. However, we found ETF’s simply might not be big enough to move the bull all on their own.
Hedge Fund Advertising – Managed Futures Style
It’s been one week since the SEC made an unprecedented decision to strip the multi-decade old ban on general solicitation by hedge funds, and the potential implications are endless. While we often stand up and tell anyone who will listen that managed futures are not hedge funds… in this case – the privately offered funds of managed futures programs are surely part of ”hedge fund advertising’. So what does this landmark ruling by the Securities folks mean for the commodity pools/managed futures funds sort of caught in between securities and futures regulations:
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