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By Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg |
September 13, 2012
Commodities surged to a five-month high after the Federal Reserve announced a third round of fiscal measures to bolster the U.S. economy, fueling expectations that raw-material use will increase.
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By Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg |
September 2, 2012
Speculators increased bets on rising gold prices to the highest since March on mounting speculation that the Federal Reserve will expand its record stimulus.
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By Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg |
July 10, 2012
Speculators increased bullish commodity positions by the most in two years as prices rebounded from a bear market, boosted by a crop-damaging drought in the U.S. and moves by China and Europe to spur economic growth.
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By Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg |
June 18, 2012
Managed funds added to their bullish commodity positions as mounting speculation that central banks will announce more economic stimulus halted a slide in prices and drove gold to its longest rally since August.
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By Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg |
June 12, 2012
The U.S. cattle herd has shrunk to the smallest since three years before Ray Kroc opened his first McDonald’s Corp. hamburger stand, reducing supply and raising prices even as domestic demand sinks to a two-decade low.
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By Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg |
May 22, 2012
Pork stockpiles in the U.S. rose 20 percent at the end of April from a year earlier as production increased, the government said.
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By Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg |
May 18, 2012
Feedlots slashed purchases of young cattle by 15 percent in April as the number available for sale shrank, and improved pasture conditions allowed animals to stay on grazing areas.
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By Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg |
May 8, 2012
Commodities fell, nearly erasing this year’s gains, as the struggle by Greek political leaders to form a coalition underscored growing concern that the region’s debt crisis will worsen, dimming prospects for raw-material demand.
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By Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg |
May 6, 2012
Hedge funds raised bets on higher commodity prices for the first time in six weeks, just before the biggest three-day slump since October.
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By Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg |
May 1, 2012
The heaviest and most numerous U.S. pig population on record and rebounding Chinese output are creating a surplus that is poised to halt a four-year rally in prices.
