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By Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg |
April 1, 2013
Investors are boosting wagers on higher commodity prices at the fastest pace in almost four years, rebounding from the least bullish position since 2009, on signs that the U.S. is accelerating and Europe’s debt crisis is easing.
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By Nicholas Larkin |
March 29, 2013
Copper analysts are the most bearish in 12 weeks as the metal extends its worst start to a year in more than a decade.
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By Nicholas Larkin, Bloomberg |
March 22, 2013
Gold traders are becoming more bullish as concern mounts that a worsening of Europe’s debt crisis will spur demand for a protection of wealth at a time when nations from the U.S. to Japan are signaling more stimulus.
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By Cordell Eddings and Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
March 21, 2013
Treasuries rose as concern Cyprus’s banking crisis will worsen the euro area’s sovereign-debt turmoil underpinned demand for safer assets.
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By Susanne Walker and Neal Armstrong, Bloomberg |
March 20, 2013
Treasuries fell for the first time in four days before the Federal Reserve ends a policy meeting amid speculation the central bank will maintain its bond-buying program, underpinning demand for higher-yielding assets.
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By Luzi Ann Javier, Bloomberg |
March 19, 2013
Farmers from Australia to Europe to the U.S. are poised to reap the second-largest wheat crop on record as fields recover from drought and heat waves, boosting global stockpiles for the first time in four years.
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By Tony C. Dreibus, Bloomberg |
March 18, 2013
Investors increased wagers on a commodity rally by the most in eight months as signs of a U.S. economic recovery bolstered the outlook for demand and drove rallies in crude oil, cotton, copper and gold.
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By Maria Kolesnikova, Bloomberg |
March 15, 2013
Copper analysts are getting less bullish for the first time in three weeks after China, the biggest consumer, said it was on “high alert” over inflation and intensified a campaign to control its property market.
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By Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
March 15, 2013
Treasuries rose for the first time in three days after an unexpected decline in a gauge of U.S. consumer confidence cast doubt over the strength of the recovery in the world’s biggest economy.
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By Lucy Meakin, Bloomberg |
March 15, 2013
The pound advanced for a third day against the dollar after Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said policy makers aren’t trying to talk it down, damping speculation they are seeking a weaker sterling to spur growth.
