Sentences with phrase «of higher commodity»

We also expect valuations to improve after the release of better - than - expected first quarter results from the sector leaders, on the back of higher commodity prices without cost inflation.

Teck Resources took full advantage of higher commodity prices earlier this year to pay off a big chunk of the debt that had been weighing it down.

Not exact matches

DAKAR, April 24 - Congo's state miner Gecamines is starting legal proceedings to dissolve its Kamoto copper and cobalt joint venture with a subsidiary of Glencore, blaming the commodities giant for high debts that have weighed on the mine for more than 10 years.

For any e-retailer, the long - term growth objective has to be to gain and maintain a loyal base of high - value customers — a scarce commodity, no matter how compelling the brand.

The streamers thus have their pick of low - cost, high - grade projects and can drive a hard bargain, setting themselves up for strong earnings growth if and when commodity prices rise.

Food makers such as Kraft and Mondelez have reported soft volume as they've boosted the prices of their products to help offset the higher commodity costs.

His clients include executives and business leaders in a broad range of industries, including all varieties of financial services (securities and commodities trading and sales, banking, investment and hedge funds), automobile manufacturing and sales, professional sports agency, pharmaceuticals, and high technology.

Last week, CN's smaller rival Canadian Pacific Railway reported first - quarter profit above analysts» targets as it shipped higher volumes of commodities, offseting the impact of higher expenses.

While investors have been focused on large - cap tech and the surge in commodities, small - cap stocks have quietly come within a stone's throw of the recent all - time highs.

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.

As a result, risky asset classes such as equities and commodities will be assigned much higher reserve requirements than bonds, which is why some insurance industry players are already dumping equities to hold a greater proportion of bonds.

But we've passed some important milestones, including super-fast internet access for a critical mass of consumers; PCs and handhelds with enough graphics and computing power to deliver quality video and audio; and big, high - resolution TV / PC flat panels available at commodity prices.

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.

«Gold is stuck between $ 1,238 - $ 1,260 with the risk to skewed to downside based on rising expected interest rates and failure to break higher which has left it vulnerable to profit - taking in the short term,» said Ole Hansen, the head of commodity strategy at Saxo Bank.

Many commentators go on to conclude that the higher incomes generated by high commodity prices have given Canadians a temporary reprieve from the problem of low productivity growth.

So Cramer took to the charts of technician Carley Garner, co-founder of DeCarley Trading, Cramer's colleague at RealMoney.com and author of Higher Probability Commodity Trading, to see what could give in the world of oil to push the commodity out of iCommodity Trading, to see what could give in the world of oil to push the commodity out of icommodity out of its range.

The economic slowdown that still grips much of the globe is keeping a damper on many industries — the moguls heavily invested in commodities or energy were more likely to be laggards this year — but telecom, real estate and consumer staples performed well and pushed many members» net worth higher.

DAKAR, April 24 (Reuters)- Congo's state miner Gecamines is starting legal proceedings to dissolve its Kamoto copper and cobalt joint venture with a subsidiary of Glencore, blaming the commodities giant for high debts that have weighed on the mine for more than 10 years.

Coupled with sinking commodity prices and general investor shyness around junior miners, Ivanplats will have to convince investors to pry open their wallets for a piece of a project with unknown potential located in the high - risk Congolese jungle.

In March, Goldilocks filed a lawsuit with the Singapore High Court against the commodities trader and some of its former and current senior executives, alleging the company inflated its assets, Reuters reported.

Commodity stocks» tale of woe continues, Japan enters bear market, and the dollar makes new highs against the ruble and pound.

The U.K. had been expected to follow close behind the Federal Reserve in raising interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade, but with lower commodity prices and weak wage growth still keeping a lid on inflation, economists now think that the U.K. may not raise rates till 2017 — even though new data out Wednesday showed the employment rate hit a 45 - year high of 74 % in the three months to November.

«It's the weaker dollar, it's the inflation focus and it's also to some extent the market is continuing to look for a hedge against a world that's becoming incredibly complacent with stocks at record highs,» said Ole Hansen, head of commodity strategy at Saxo Bank in Copenhagen.

«They have high inventory counts, compete in the sale of commodity products, and confront considerable waste.»

Prior to that downturn, it was far more politically aggressive, emboldened by high demand for its commodities and membership in the vaunted BRIC club of emerging economic powers.

That period of reflection appears to have emboldened Poloz's conviction in the story he's been telling from the start: that international sales of manufactured goods and services would lead a rotation away from the economy's reliance on high commodity prices and consumption by heavily indebted households.

«Caterpillar has a lot more exposure to commodities, and while commodities have been trending higher of late, these resource - related industries are much more boom and bust,» Cramer said.

Commodities have been the best performing asset class of 2018, setting new multi-year highs.

Commodities have been the best - performing asset class of 2018, setting new multiyear highs.

«As the business cycle deepens and inflationary concerns push interest rates higher, cross-asset correlations with commodities decline and the diversification benefits of owning commodities rises with higher rates.»

«Higher commodity prices and a solid operating performance delivered free cash flow of US$ 4.9 billion.

Wohlers explained 3D - printed items cost an average of $ 4 a cubic inch, which means it's only cost effective to 3D print commodities that are produced in low volumes with high markups — such as airplane parts or hip replacements.

A carry trade is typically based on borrowing in a low - interest rate currency and converting the borrowed amount into another currency, with proceeds placed on deposit in the second currency if it offers a higher rate of interest or deploying proceeds into assets — such as stocks, commodities, bonds, or real estate — that are denominated in the second currency.

-- it will face continued margin pressures «due to higher labor content in certain areas of manufacturing where we have temporarily dialed back automation, as well as higher material costs from recently imposed tariffs, commodity price increases and a weaker US dollar.»

A change in management, a big change in the industry, higher commodity prices, a regulatory change — all of these things can turn a value trap into a great investment.

Commentary: «Revenues were up 8.3 % for the third quarter versus the prior - year period, due primarily to higher commodity prices impacting the Company's supply chain revenues, higher same store sales in both domestic and international stores, store count growth in international markets and the positive impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates.»

Net revenues in commodities and interest rate products were both higher compared with the third quarter of 2010.

With oil, aluminum and other materials making multiyear highs because of Russian sanctions and military action in Syria, Goldman Sachs recently issued a bullish statement, writing that «the strategic case for owning commodities has rarely been stronger.»

NEW YORK (Reuters)- Oil jumped as much as 3 percent on Tuesday as a weak dollar propped up commodities, but crude prices came off their highs in post-settlement trading on signs of another big U.S. supply build last week.

In this chapter of Higher Probability Commodity Trading the intent was to lay the groundwork for sound VIX trading fundamentals.

so now the issue is whether the bond market (or macro hedge funds) eased too much thinking the Fed would choke off liquidity and now is staring at still a weaker dollar and high commodity prices indicating an elevated level of excess liquidity.

According to Joe Oliver, federal spending tripled between 1969 and 1979, driven by «the ideology of the man at the wheel and on the reckless assumption that commodity prices would remain high».

The former boss of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission now works with the high - frequency trade association Modern Markets Initiative.

i think this is why commodities, stocks and real estate also remain at recent highs despite 375 bps of tightening.

Commodity prices, victims of their own success, have fallen from their March highs as they suppressed economic growth.

What's really killing earnings and standing in the way of developing new coal reserves are plunging commodity prices that have left many producers stranded with high cost structures that are no longer commercially viable.

Prices for important commodities remain high and the nation's terms of trade are at an all - time high in the current quarter.

The era of cheap or zero - interest money that led to a wall of liquidity chasing high yields and assets — equities, bonds, currencies, and commodities — in emerging markets is drawing to a close.

The number of investors pulling out of commodities has increased, with «aggressive» underweights to the sector hitting a record high, according to the Bank of American Merrill Lynch.

Most notable so far has been the boom in the resource sector, with commodity prices and hence Australia's terms of trade rising to historically high levels over a number of years.