Market Sentiment & Lateral Thoughts
THE Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is nervous about a “bubble” in funds that specialise in environment social and governance (ESG) stocks and bonds.
It also warned that emerging market economies are vulnerable to bottleneck inflation and the slowdown in … Read the rest
Coffee prices have doubled in the past twelve months mainly because of acute shortages over a lengthy period. Depressed prices forced many coffee farmers out of the trade.
In the 1970s and 1980s International Coffee Agreements between producing and consuming … Read the rest
London:- THE big question for the oil market is whether member nations of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) remain disciplined and keep to the cartel’s supply management accord.
GOLD is struggling to bottom out but the key will be the course of bond yields, and the US dollar. Much will depend on whether algorithmic funds change course.
Investment advisers have long described gold as a safe haven, but … Read the rest