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COMMODITIES-Oil down on high gasoline stocks, gold slips on Fed

Reuters - 5/22/2013 8:50:32 PM
NEW YORK, May 22 (Reuters) - Oil prices slumped ... recovery is on track although prices are still down some 6 percent this year. In Wednesday's session, three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange ended up at $7,475 per tonne, after ...

COMMODITIES-Corn, wheat slump on record plantings; natgas spikes

Reuters - 5/21/2013 7:47:17 PM
Corn, wheat prices set April lows as plantings surge * Oil, gold, copper slip on worries of Fed cutback * Gas rallies on demand for gas-driven air conditioning By Barani Krishnan NEW YORK ... on prices," said Stefan Meyer, a manager for cash ...

How to Play the End of the Commodity Super Cycle

beta.fool.com - 5/22/2013 2:59:46 PM
Some prominent fund managers have called for the end of the great commodities “super cycle ... its economy is dependent on mining. With the prices of Australia’s mining-related exports falling, demand for the country’s currency ...

The Soft Commodity Market Is Weak, But Are These Companies Set to Benefit?

beta.fool.com - 5/22/2013 7:17:28 PM
Moreover, these crops have a two year yield period, meaning that unlike corn and wheat, which can be planted one year, then a different crop the next, these commodities produce crops for two years, giving farmers very little flexibility.

COMMODITIES-Precious metals, oil rebound from early dives

Reuters Group PLC - 5/20/2013 8:38:35 PM
The Thomson Reuters-Jefferies CRB index, a bellwether for commodity prices, settled up nearly half a percent at a one-week high. Fourteen of the CRB's 19 components ended the session higher, with silver and gold each rising nearly 3 percent to ...

Commodity prices falling due to weak demand, not just strong dollar

moneylife.in - 5/22/2013 12:15:08 PM
Weak economic data coupled with slack in demand are the major reasons Commodity prices all over the world have dipped, while some like copper and gold have crashed. A lot of investors have blamed it on a strong US dollar. However, Credit Suisse thinks ...

Commodities' Prices Drop

en.indonesiafinancetoday.com - 5/22/2013 9:47:48 PM
PT Bank Danamon Indonesia Tbk (BDMN). Bank Indonesia has conditionally approved the acquisition of 67.37 percent stake in Bank Danamon by DBS Group Holding Singapore. Indonesia’s central bank has asked the Monetary Authority of Singapore to facilitate ...

Falling commodity prices needed for Chinese economic miracle

人民网 - 5/22/2013 7:50:16 AM
DARWIN, Australia, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Global prices for commodities, such as iron ore, need to come down a little bit so that China can continue its economic miracle, according to Australian Minister for Resources and Energy Gary Gray. Gray made the ...

Death of the Commodity ‘Supercycle’ is This Year: Citigroup

Barron's Online - 5/21/2013 4:41:10 PM
Citi predicts a return to normalcy starting this year — meaning commodity prices reflect the ups and downs of specific markets. That’s opposed to the persistent gains that China’s growth — now slowing — created in commodities ...

The commodity supercycle is dead – Citigroup

Financial Post - 5/22/2013 1:05:14 PM
which expects 2013 will mark the first year in more than a decade where broader commodity prices end lower than where they began. This is expected to usher in a new decade of opportunities based on how individual commodities perform against each ...

Commodity price slide pushes Australian dollar lower

The Australian - 5/22/2013 9:26:19 PM
THE dollar dropped to a one-year low after Ben Bernanke said he would consider winding down stimulus in the coming months. $A falls to one-year low on Fed comments US stocks fall on possible Fed retreat Bernanke sends stocks see-sawing Australian market ...

Falling Commodity Prices Could Burst The U.S. Farmland Bubble

Seeking Alpha - 5/20/2013 5:10:59 PM
Commodity prices have tumbled as investors have become aware that the inflationary framework that has been the status quo for decades is weakening. With inflation currently running at only 1% (half of the Fed's target), even as the Fed pumps $85 billion ...

Jim Rogers: The Commodities Bull Market Is Still On

Yahoo! Finance - 5/20/2013 7:41:19 PM
... have slumped to their lowest level since September 2010 and gold prices are down 18% year-to-date leading many market observers to declare that the super-rally in commodities is over. Jim Rogers, the legendary investor and Chairman of ...

Buy Crude oil, suggests Karvy Commodities

MoneyControl.com - 5/22/2013 6:45:51 AM
Going ahead, German producer prices should fall, unlike the UK’s consumer prices, keeping the euro under pressure and limiting gains in commodity prices, including crude oil. However, volatility in prices might be seen in the evening as the New York Fed ...

Australia Mining Magnates Lose A$11 Billion as Commodities Fade

FOXBusiness - 5/22/2013 8:54:42 AM
After riding the resources boom into the realms of Australia's ultra rich, the wealthiest mining tycoons Down Under have lost more than 11 billion Australian dollars (US$10.77 billion) from their fortunes over the past year as commodity prices ...