Commodities & Energy Sector
Our US Equity strategists investigated the underperformance of the Green and Clean (G&C) investment theme, in the context of an incoming US administration expected to be less friendly towards green initiatives. The G&C investment theme has…
Our Commodity and Energy strategists believe a supply-demand deficit will emerge in 2026, and widen into the end of the decade. Copper demand is set to grow over 4% annually between 2025 and 2030, fueled by the green energy transition, data center…
パウエルはソフトランディングを実現できるか？いくつかの兆候はその可能性を示している。当社は、当社のネガティブな見方がなぜ誤っていたのかを検証し、不況を回避させた4つの成長エンジンを分析する。これらの力のうち半分は依然として持続しているが、残り半分は勢いを失っている。これで景気が持ちこたえる可能性はあるものの、我々は防御的なポジショニングを維持する。エクイティは非常に穏やかな結果を織り込んでいる。一方、トランプ勝利を見越した金利上昇は景気をソフトランディングの道筋から逸らしている。トランプが当選した場合に利回りがさらに上振れする可能性に備え、デュレーションをニュートラルに引き下げることでヘッジする。
Speculators have supported copper prices as demand growth slowed below the pace of supply growth. Our Commodity and Energy Strategy colleagues believe this does not bode well for the metal. The copper market faces a situation where demand growth will be…
Silver has shone this year, especially after it breached a multi-decade downward slopping trendline. Silver is a precious metal, but its heavy usage in industrial processes makes us wonder whether it is sending a bullish message on the global economy,…
Germany’s economy has lagged that of the rest of Europe for nearly 10 years. So have German stocks. Investors are extrapolating these trends to bet on the country’s deindustrialization. Could Germany manage to beat dismal expectations?
For the past two weeks, oil has sold off amid a global spike in yields. Oil prices and Treasury yields tend to be positively correlated, as oil prices are a fast-moving component of inflation, driving the inflation expectations component of bond yields. …
In a trendless yet volatile year for oil, Israel’s retaliatory attack on Iran this weekend is a reminder the outlook is fraught with geopolitical risks. Risks are usually expressed as a geopolitical price premium, but this weekend’s events point to a…
This Insight looks at the likely direction of bond yields and the dollar, from the lens of money velocity.