Sentences with phrase «for global commodities»

«We perform a range of roles which continue to position Dubai as the preferred destination for global commodities trade and DMCC as the world's No. 1 Free Zone,» offering zero percent personal and corporate income tax, the center's website states.

Either rising oil output from the Permian Basin affects everything for global commodities markets or there are other forces at play.

The IMBAs and MBAs worked on a case for global commodities firm Methanex, and were judged by representatives from the company, including Mark Allard, VP of corporate development, who holds an MBA from Sauder.

Not exact matches

Unlike oil, gold and copper, for which prices are set in London and New York, iron ore is one of the few commodities whose global pricing takes its cue from China.

People trade the commodity on sentiment — if they think the global economy is headed for disaster, they load up on gold.

«China's strong and sustained growth over the past several years has served as a linchpin for global trade, benefiting exporters of commodities and capital goods,» the fund said in a report.

In the days to come the Fed will have to prove that a new set of tools for managing interest rates will work as expected; see how higher U.S. rates affect domestic and global financial conditions; and hope that weak world demand and commodity prices do not lead to an overall bout of deflation and force the Fed to reverse course.

Perth - based coal miner Ascot Resources has received commitments from global commodity trader Gunvor Group for a $ 5 million equity capital investment in its $ 11.2 million raising.

Vanity, he observes, has been a bankable global commodity for centuries.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

It was the second straight session of sharp gains for nickel, adding to Wednesday's 7.5 - percent spike, spurred by worries over tighter global supply for a commodity already in deficit.

Perhaps symptomatic of the tough global economy, commodities and heavy industry didn't do so well for this year's biggest losers, whose net worth declined an average 31.4 %.

The usual proxies for global growth — oil and other commodities, emerging market currencies, energy and mining stocks — are almost all sharply lower as investors bail out of any kind of trade predicated on growth in China and the rest of the emerging world, which accounts for 85 % of the world's population.

The fall in global commodity prices has also hurt the company: Cheaper oil, for one, means that offshore drillers have less need for General Cable's heavy - duty products.

The investor noted Tuesday that global growth is causing demand for commodities, while the weaker U.S. dollar should also help.

They believe responsibility rests in three areas for allowing Sarao's alleged spoofing practices to continue so long: His futures commission merchant — essentially the entity that cleared the trades, which at the time was the now - defunct MF Global — along with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Prices for crude oil, the world economy's most essential commodity, will need until 2020 to recover from the price war unleashed last year by Saudi Arabia, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday in its annual outlook for the global energy market.

The global collapse in commodities prices has forced oil and mining companies to cancel plans for aluminum smelters, copper mines, and new LNG projects.

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Overall, the global outlook has weakened further over the last six months — exacerbated by China's relative slowdown, lower commodity prices, and the prospect of financial tightening for many countries.

SDiX will establish the first continuous price / time priority matching for the diamond industry parallel to other global commodity exchanges.

Following the sharpest decline in crude oil prices in at least a century, as well as a six - year bear market in metals, the global environment could be ripe for a commodity rebound.

Global economic forces — the sharp movement of commodity prices; the Great Recession and the lacklustre global economy in its aftermath; and, for much of the past decade, a strong Canadian dollar — battered many of our export industries and splintered their supply cGlobal economic forces — the sharp movement of commodity prices; the Great Recession and the lacklustre global economy in its aftermath; and, for much of the past decade, a strong Canadian dollar — battered many of our export industries and splintered their supply cglobal economy in its aftermath; and, for much of the past decade, a strong Canadian dollar — battered many of our export industries and splintered their supply chains.

«Between 2 % and 5 % for stocks, bonds and commodities are expected long term returns for global financial markets that have been pushed to the zero bound, a world where substantial real price appreciation is getting close to mathematically improbable.

Yesterday's International Merchandise Trade Annual Review from StatsCan confirms the Mel Watkins thesis that Canada is rapidly reverting to its historical role as a commodity producer for the global economy.

The concerted weakening in commodity prices already suggests a global force to this economic downturn, while further weakness in the U.S. dollar would suggest that demand for U.S. goods and securities was softening even more sharply than internationally.

The latter look at the global commodity boom and make the grim diagnosis for Canada of «Dutch Disease.»

Asia, a major driver of global economic growth, is both a source of competitive imports but increasingly an important destination for exports for the Canadian economy, a growing market for resource - based commodities but also agri - food products, specialized manufactures, financial and other services and, potentially, energy.

This was because global demand for these commodities increased significantly and supply was unable to keep up.

But economists worry that the commodity mess reflects a weakening global economy, lowering the value of trade worldwide and perhaps even pushing some countries into the same kind of deflationary spiral that has hampered the Japanese economy for decades.

In the meantime, the sluggish global environment is impacting markets and has several implications for portfolios, as I write in my new weekly commentary, «Yield: One Commodity That's Still Hot.»

If anything should be clear from the bubbles of recent years, the greatest risks are not when prices are depressed, the economy is weak, and investors are frightened, but rather when prices are elevated and an unendingly positive outlook for technology, or housing, or global growth, or private equity, or emerging markets, or commodities seems all but certain.

For most countries individually, it is plausible to argue that the rise in a wide range of commodity prices is exogenous — even if it is driven by global demand, our own contribution to that demand is small.

Following a January rally, the global commodities complex underwent declines in February before partially recovering in March; for the first quarter as a whole, the benchmark Thomson Reuters CoreCommodity CRB Index (CRB) gained 0.8 % on a price - only basis.1 Among the 19 component commodities tracked by the CRB, advancers had a slight edge over decliners, buoyed by growth in global economies and weakness in the trade - weighted US dollar, which retreated 2.1 %, according to the Federal Reserve's (Fed's) US Dollar Index.1 Aside from robust gains for a host of agricultural products, oil and gold were also among the commodity winners.

Sluggish global growth and muted inflation continue to put pressure on commodity prices, particularly those most exposed to global growth, like prices for industrial metals and oil.

Commodities were nonetheless facing some complex challenges, including a risk of expanding US / China trade sanctions that could limit global trade and growth, as well as a softening of select economic data that may have implied demand growth could be somewhat disappointing for commodities and limit further pCommodities were nonetheless facing some complex challenges, including a risk of expanding US / China trade sanctions that could limit global trade and growth, as well as a softening of select economic data that may have implied demand growth could be somewhat disappointing for commodities and limit further pcommodities and limit further price gains.

Demand for jet fuel has increased over the last two years as the global economy has strengthened and airplane passenger traffic has risen, said Sandy Fielden, director of oil and products research at Morningstar Commodities in Austin, Texas.

Prior to joining Wells Fargo, he developed economic strategies to trade in global financial and commodity futures markets for Eclipse Capital Management.

Following a January rally, the global commodities complex underwent declines in February before partially recovering in March; for the first quarter as a whole, the benchmark Thomson Reuters CoreCommodity CRB Index (CRB) gained 0.8 % on a price - only basis.

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Lackluster global economic growth in 2014 and 2015 correspondingly reduced the demand for a wide range of commodities, including oil.

There are many that matter; but in Canada's case, as research at the Bank of Canada has shown for more than 20 years, the dominant explanation is global commodity prices.

For decades, we have been living off unsustainably high commodity prices, particularly for oil and gas, at the expense of innovation and global competitiveneFor decades, we have been living off unsustainably high commodity prices, particularly for oil and gas, at the expense of innovation and global competitivenefor oil and gas, at the expense of innovation and global competitiveness.

The Canadian economy continues to work its way back from the post-crisis global recession and the associated collapse in our exports while, at the same time, is adjusting to lower prices for oil and other commodities as well as a much lower exchange rate.

They relate art returns to those for commodities, corporate bonds, 10 - year U.S. Treasury notes, hedge funds, private equity, real estate, global stocks and U.S. Treasury bills.

The global industry is worth $ 225 - billion a year, with the demand for iron - ore larger than any other commodity, excluding oil and gas.

By: Reuters Updated 4 hours ago Global trader Glencore carried out the first trade by a foreign firm for Chinese iron - ore futures on Friday, the first day that the Dalian Commodity Exchange opened the contract to overseas investors, the exchange said.

In their October 2017 paper entitled «Value Timing: Risk and Return Across Asset Classes», Fahiz Baba Yara, Martijn Boons and Andrea Tamoni examine the power of value spreads to predict returns for individual U.S. equities, global stock indexes, global government bonds, commodities and currencies.

Blanch said weak global growth and the strong dollar are dual headwinds for commodities.

The slow global growth, and the weak demand are also long - term challenges for the commodity and we don't expect a major move above the prior highs at $ 54.