Sentences with phrase «higher global commodity»

Increased demand for crops to make fuel results in higher global commodity prices that can induce farmers in other countries to plow up new ground, including sensitive, high - carbon ecosystems such as tropical forests in South America and Southeast Asia or peatland in Southeast Asia.

Not exact matches

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.

While fluctuations in the global price of coffee on the commodity markets led industry behemoth Starbucks to boost its per - cup price tag last month, a growing share of consumer dollars are going to higher - cost specialty or craft coffee.

Moderate Growth and Income Four Asset Group model portfolio without private capital: 3 % Bloomberg Barclays 1 — 3 Month Treasury Bill Index, 11 % Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (5 — 7Y), 6 % Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (10 + Y), 6 % Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index, 3 % JPM GBI Global ex. - U.S. Index, 5 % JPM EMBI Global Index, 20 % S&P 500 Index, 8 % Russell Midcap ® Index, 6 % Russell 2000 ® Index, 5 % MSCI EAFE Index (USD), 5 % MSCI EM Index (USD), 5 % FTSE EPRA / NAREIT Developed Index, 2 % Bloomberg Commodity Index, 3 % HFRI Relative Value Index, 6 % HFRI Macro Index, 4 % HFRI Event - Driven Index, 2 % HFRI Equity Hedge Index.

Our Global Market Strategies segment, established in 1999 with our first high yield fund, advises a group of 46 active funds that pursue investment opportunities across various types of credit, equities and alternative instruments, including bank loans, high yield debt, structured credit products, distressed debt, corporate mezzanine, energy mezzanine opportunities and long / short high - grade and high - yield credit instruments, emerging markets equities, and (with regards to certain macroeconomic strategies) currencies, commodities and interest rate products and their derivatives.

Its relatively high global position reflects the special place the Australian dollar holds in portfolios of international funds managers because of its relation to commodity prices, offering a degree of diversification from other currencies.

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

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.

Global equity sentiment remains a bit shaky as concerns over rising commodity prices and higher interest rates continue to suggest lower corporate margins for the...

Global equity sentiment remains a bit shaky as concerns over rising commodity prices and higher interest rates continue to suggest lower corporate margins for the remainder of 2018.

What if a recovery in global economic growth drives demand for commodities and higher inflation?

The seven asset classes are: (1) government bonds; (2) investment grade corporate bonds; (3) high - yield corporate bonds; (4) global equity; (5) real estate; (6) commodities; and, (7) hedge funds.

The thesis is that the global economy has shifted into high - growth mode and therefore the demand for commodities will rebound as inflation finally begins to take hold and central banks accelerate interest rate hikes.

But the New Zealand dairy giant's chief executive Theo Spierings, said this was too high and did not reflect a collapse of global prices for key dairy commodities.

Merricks Capital, which specialises in soft commodities, helped to create derivative contracts with the major US hamburger companies to allow them to hedge the cost of Australian beef while allowing them to profit from anomalies in global beef prices, such as the perceived high price of Australian cattle.

The majority of internationally traded commodity dairy products traded in the latest Fonterra Global Dairy Trade auction event sold for higher prices, arresting a series of price slides dating back to December 6.

Despite the more difficult global environment, with lower commodity prices and domestic power shortages, economic growth in 2015 was close to 4 percent, slightly higher than expected.

The 1980s African debt crisis was created by a variety of factors (much more complex than the commonly attributed «poor African leadership» theory), including irresponsible over-lending by private creditors seeking high returns, the tendency towards one product commodity economies, the targeting of developing countries for high interest loans, the global monetary shock of 1979 - 81, trade protectionism in Northern countries, the depreciation of the US dollar, the prolonged drought of 1981 - 84, among other factors (see African Debt Revisited).

Higher commodity prices and an improving global economy have pushed up the prices of many junior mining stocks recently.

However, the high correlation between risky assets experienced recently like during the recession of 2001 - 2003 and the global financial crisis in 2007 - 2009 has caused many investors to reconsider allocating by traditional asset classes defined by security type like stocks, bonds and real estate or commodities.

With yield an ever - scarcer commodity, relatively high rates that U.S. bonds offer alongside a strong U.S. dollar are attracting global capital flows and pushing bond prices higher and yields lower.

Over the 14 — year period ending Feb. 28, 2017, the S&P Global Natural Resources Index, which is designed to provide market participants with an equity - based approach to natural resource investments through its three commodity - related sectors (agribusiness, energy, and metals & mining), has outperformed the S&P Global BMI by a monthly average of 36 bps in high - inflation months.

This calendar year was a treacherous one, with a number of high profile disasters catching investors unaware and a global commodity bear market turning into an out and out rout.

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Notes: U.S. stocks represented by Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index through April 2005, MSCI US Broad Market Index through June 2013 and CRSP US Total Market Index thereafter; emerging markets stocks are represented by MSCI Emerging Markets Index; REITs by FTSE NAREIT Equity REIT Index; dividend stocks by Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index; commodities by S&P GSCI Commodity Index; high yield bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index; emerging markets bonds by Bloomberg Barclays EM USD Aggregate Index; investment - grade corporate bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Index; U.S. Treasury bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond Inhigh yield bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index; emerging markets bonds by Bloomberg Barclays EM USD Aggregate Index; investment - grade corporate bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Index; U.S. Treasury bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond InHigh Yield Bond Index; emerging markets bonds by Bloomberg Barclays EM USD Aggregate Index; investment - grade corporate bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Index; U.S. Treasury bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond Index.

http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/crops/corn/background.aspx [2] «Rice yields decline with higher night temperature from global warming» www.pnas.org/content/101/27/9971.full [3] «This paper concludes that a stronger link between energy and nonenergy commodity prices is likely to be the dominant influence on developments in commodity, and especially food, markets.»

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BTCC, one of the world's largest bitcoin exchanges by market share, has recently reported unusually high transaction volume following the recent slump in values of global stock and commodities.