Up massively from the 71 % that cited this in our last polling, 92 % of executives stated that they were cautious to extremely concerned over the
volatility of commodities prices.
A simpler corporate structure would better allow the market to bid up the underlying value of the oil and gas business to reflect the doubling
of the commodity pricing in the last year.
He explains that the primary force driving the
fall of commodity prices is the slowing down of the Chinese economy that is occurring now.
Put or call options on stocks and futures based on the
movement of commodities prices are a few of the market's leading derivative investment products.
Outside of commodity prices, most global indicators and surveys are still in expansion territory, with services sectors generally doing better than manufacturing ones.
I'm not in the position to answer the question of when interest rates will rise but can explain how rising interest rates factor into the
equations of commodity pricing and index returns.
A similar dynamic can be seen in the mining sector in response to the collapse
of commodity prices as Chinese demand contracts.
After rising strongly over the second half of 2003, the RBA
Index of Commodity Prices increased by 3.1 per cent in SDR terms over the three months to April, to be 13 1/2 per cent above its trough in May 2003 (Table 11, Graph 49).
In SDR terms, the Bank's index
of commodity prices increased again in the June quarter, to be about 7 per cent higher than a year earlier (Graph 27).
Some of that is the result
of the commodity price slump, but excise its effects, and «earnings growth was somewhere in the low single digits in Canada and the United States,» says Cooper, whose firm is predicting mid-single-digit returns for equities.
For a business exposed to the ups and
downs of commodity prices and the costs of the manufacturing sector, Civmec has had a good year.
This is why we closely monitor the country's purchasing manager's index (PMI), which, according to our own research, has been a reliable
indicator of commodity price performance three and six months out.
Governing Council considered carefully the implications
of the commodity price shock on potential output because it is important to gauging the outlook for inflation.
However, there is an even bigger risk that could surface over the next year or two depending on the future
path of commodity prices.
Companies in China, the world's biggestcopper consumer, are seeking to take advantage
of commodity price declines to buy assets overseas.
The reason why GDI started trending above GDP is the same reason wages have been growing faster than productivity: the
surge of commodity prices, and of oil prices in particular, since 2002.
Freeport - McMoran (FCX), the mining and commodities giant, would have had a tough enough time coping with the end of what analysts call the «commodities super-cycle,» the
tripling of commodity prices that occurred between 2000 and 2011.
Canada's weaknesses as a trading nation were exposed; first by the weak recovery in the U.S., and then by the collapse
of commodity prices starting in 2014.
Mines Minister Michelle Mungall says the group will provide an economic analysis of the mining sector and offer the recommendations to ensure job security for the industry during
times of commodity price fluctuations.
The resurgence in corporate profits, a broad - based improvement in global economic growth, the
stabilization of commodity prices and strong purchasing managers» indexes all support an upswing in capital spending.
The coincident
strength of commodity prices and the Canadian dollar in recent years has been treated by some as prima facie evidence of Dutch Disease in Canada.
Mine closures in the past few months — zinc and nickel in particular — have made it obvious that miners are feeling the double
sting of commodities prices that are at multi-year lows and the global financial crisis.
* For the broad
basket of commodity prices the chart uses the CRB Index up to 1992 and the GSCI Spot Commodity Index (GNX) thereafter.
The fun, however, lies in the exploration companies, or in the companies that have a higher - cost resource in
need of a commodity price rally in order to render the resource «economic.»
While the loonie has always moved to the
rhythms of commodity price cycles, in recent years it's become even more tethered to the price of oil, largely due to the massive growth in oil sands production.
Mining companies around the world have reduced capital expenditures budgets in the
wake of commodity price declines.
Considering only US economic and monetary fundamentals, the gold price is now a lot higher than it probably should be relative to the general
level of commodity prices.
The global pick - up in demand and activity has generated strong upward pressure on a range
of commodity prices over recent months, notably for oil, gold, base metals and a number of rural commodities.
Despite this «unprecedented» deal, China is currently in the middle of an economic slowdown of epic proportions — the very same slowdown that today caused a
variety of commodity prices to plummet in conjunction with the Federal Reserve's announcement that they will begin to slow down monetary stimulus within the next six months.