Hot Topics in Global Metals & Mining Each Week, BMO Equity Research Metal Matters

BMO Equity Research Metal Matters

Hot Topics in Global Metals & Mining Each Week

Featuring Colin Hamilton, Commodities analyst at BMO Capital Markets, Metal Matters discusses the hot topics in Global Metals & Mining each week.

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<ul><li>Manganese ore, alumina, molybdenum, and chrome ore prices are up, while cobalt prices are down due to market surplus</li><li>Precious metals like gold are well placed and resilient, with potential for record industry profitability</li><li>Copper is still the best way to play the acceleration in global electrification, with potential opportunities in zinc and bulk commodities as well</li></ul>This content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only.

Manganese ore, alumina, molybdenum, and chrome ore prices are up, while cobalt prices are down due to market surplusPrecious metals like gold are well placed and resilient, with potential for record industry profitabilityCopper is still the best way to play the acceleration in global electrification, with potential opportunities in zinc and bulk commodities as wellThis content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only.

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Steno Research is a new macro and geopolitical research house. We are based out of Copenhagen, Denmark, but have an international team and a strong network of sources and partners around the world. The team is lead by Andreas Steno, previous global head of strategy at Nordea Bank, and Mikkel Rosenvold, former chief consultant in the Danish Ministry of Finance.

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<ul><li>Hello everyone, and welcome back to our weekly positioning watch.</li><li>The divergence between market-cap weighted and and non market-cap weighted indices is slowly normalizing, but the impact that NVIDIA (and some of the other big tech firms) has on both broad equity returns is notable with the 5 largest companies in the S&amp;P 500 accounting for roughly 30% of the index by now.</li><li>This does not only have implications for the distribution of returns between bigger indices (Nasdaq vs Dow Jones for instance), but also on indices option volatility, with the VIX ex NVIDIA hitting lows of around 9 in May (2017/2018 lows).</li></ul>

Hello everyone, and welcome back to our weekly positioning watch.The divergence between market-cap weighted and and non market-cap weighted indices is slowly normalizing, but the impact that NVIDIA (and some of the other big tech firms) has on both broad equity returns is notable with the 5 largest companies in the S&amp;P 500 accounting for roughly 30% of the index by now.This does not only have implications for the distribution of returns between bigger indices (Nasdaq vs Dow Jones for instance), but also on indices option volatility, with the VIX ex NVIDIA hitting lows of around 9 in May (2017/2018 lows).

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<ul><li>China set a growth target of “around 5%” for 2024, according to the “Government Work Report” released Tuesday as part of the opening of the National People’s Congress annual meeting.</li><li>Last year China’s economy grew by 5.2%, matching the official target of around 5%.</li><li>China set a deficit-to-GDP ratio of 3% for the year, down from a rare upward revision to 3.8% late last year from the original 3%.</li></ul>

China set a growth target of “around 5%” for 2024, according to the “Government Work Report” released Tuesday as part of the opening of the National People’s Congress annual meeting.Last year China’s economy grew by 5.2%, matching the official target of around 5%.China set a deficit-to-GDP ratio of 3% for the year, down from a rare upward revision to 3.8% late last year from the original 3%.

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<ul><li>Happy Sunday from Copenhagen and welcome to our flagship editorial.</li><li>The cyclical rotation continues in markets, but interest rates have to a certain extent been out of sync with the business cycle for a while.</li><li>The yield curve inverted during the summer of 2022, but we are yet to see a recession in the US economy, which is a bit out of the ordinary given the typical validity of the yield curve inversion signal.</li></ul>

Happy Sunday from Copenhagen and welcome to our flagship editorial.The cyclical rotation continues in markets, but interest rates have to a certain extent been out of sync with the business cycle for a while.The yield curve inverted during the summer of 2022, but we are yet to see a recession in the US economy, which is a bit out of the ordinary given the typical validity of the yield curve inversion signal.

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<ul><li>The transition to a low carbon economy, also known as the brown to green transition, involves moving from an economy based on fossil fuels with high carbon emissions to one with lower emissions.</li><li>This transition will require a significant mobilization of capital, with estimates in the tens of trillions of dollars. Governments and the private sector are providing support and driving the change due to both funding and economic factors.</li><li>In addition to investing in wind and solar infrastructure, the low carbon transition will require a significant amount of metals and materials. This includes steel, cement, rare earth, aluminum, silver, polysilicon, copper cabling, and more. The transition will create a more materials-intensive global economy.</li></ul>This content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only.

The transition to a low carbon economy, also known as the brown to green transition, involves moving from an economy based on fossil fuels with high carbon emissions to one with lower emissions.This transition will require a significant mobilization of capital, with estimates in the tens of trillions of dollars. Governments and the private sector are providing support and driving the change due to both funding and economic factors.In addition to investing in wind and solar infrastructure, the low carbon transition will require a significant amount of metals and materials. This includes steel, cement, rare earth, aluminum, silver, polysilicon, copper cabling, and more. The transition will create a more materials-intensive global economy.This content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only.

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Hello everyone, and welcome back to our weekly positioning watch. The divergence between market-cap weighted and and non market-cap weighted...

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China set a growth target of “around 5%” for 2024, according to the “Government Work Report” released Tuesday as part of the opening of the...

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