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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<li>Export restrictions have impacted the trade between China and the US, with potential for increased support for mineral imports from Canada</li>
<li>The incoming Biden administration may focus on boosting domestic mineral recovery and supply chain security</li>
<li>The copper market is facing challenges with potential oversupply, while cobalt prices are set for the worst year in history due to stagnating demand and increasing output.</li>
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Export restrictions have impacted the trade between China and the US, with potential for increased support for mineral imports from Canada
The incoming Biden administration may focus on boosting domestic mineral recovery and supply chain security
The copper market is facing challenges with potential oversupply, while cobalt prices are set for the worst year in history due to stagnating demand and increasing output.

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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<li>Welcome to Curator’s Cut, a fortnightly roundup of standout themes from the 1,200+ Insights published over the past two weeks on Smartkarma</li>
<li>In this cut, we explore A-H share trading dynamics, consider copper market dynamics and plays, and China's bottoming/stabilizing real estate market</li>
<li>Want to dig deeper? Comment or message with the themes you’d like to see highlighted next</li>
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Welcome to Curator’s Cut, a fortnightly roundup of standout themes from the 1,200+ Insights published over the past two weeks on Smartkarma
In this cut, we explore A-H share trading dynamics, consider copper market dynamics and plays, and China's bottoming/stabilizing real estate market
Want to dig deeper? Comment or message with the themes you’d like to see highlighted next


Curator's Cut: Arbs Go A-H, Copper Plays & China's Property Pulse

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<ul><li>The Abrdn Commodity Index is putting in a textbook head and shoulders consolidation pattern.</li><li>These chart patterns with a large base have the tendency to build the fundament for big breakouts. Something is brewing from a technical perspective here…</li><li>The ETF is tracking the Bloomberg Commodity Index Total Return (BCOM).</li></ul>

The Abrdn Commodity Index is putting in a textbook head and shoulders consolidation pattern.These chart patterns with a large base have the tendency to build the fundament for big breakouts. Something is brewing from a technical perspective here…The ETF is tracking the Bloomberg Commodity Index Total Return (BCOM).

<ul><li>US-Dollar Reversal Incoming? The signs become more that the USD is topping out. This is the result of our latest currency-assessment.</li><li>Particular interesting could be setups in AUDUSD as well as CADUSD - two currency pairs that have been hit the hardest by the strong USD-cycle over the last months.</li><li>Both pairs trade at multi-year support and are heavily oversold across all metrics.</li></ul>

US-Dollar Reversal Incoming? The signs become more that the USD is topping out. This is the result of our latest currency-assessment.Particular interesting could be setups in AUDUSD as well as CADUSD - two currency pairs that have been hit the hardest by the strong USD-cycle over the last months.Both pairs trade at multi-year support and are heavily oversold across all metrics.

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<ul><li>Hedge Funds Pushing into Commodities Markets Big trading houses like Glencore, Trafigura, Mercuria or Vitol are benefiting since years now from the increasing fluctuations on the commodities markets.</li><li>This trend increased, especially since crude oil went negative when the Covid pandemic started and was followed by further volatility since the macro environment became even more fragile with the war in Ukraine and now the conflicts in the Middle East.</li><li>According to Ney York based consulting firm Oliver Wyman, the gross margin of trading houses amounted to 105 billion dollars in 2023.</li></ul>

Hedge Funds Pushing into Commodities Markets Big trading houses like Glencore, Trafigura, Mercuria or Vitol are benefiting since years now from the increasing fluctuations on the commodities markets.This trend increased, especially since crude oil went negative when the Covid pandemic started and was followed by further volatility since the macro environment became even more fragile with the war in Ukraine and now the conflicts in the Middle East.According to Ney York based consulting firm Oliver Wyman, the gross margin of trading houses amounted to 105 billion dollars in 2023.

Hedge Funds Pushing into Commodities Markets

United States

Copper is a chemical element with symbol Cu (from Latin: cuprum) and atomic number 29. It is a soft, malleable and ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. A freshly exposed surface of pure copper has a reddish-orange color. It is used as a conductor of heat and electricity, as a building material and as a constituent of various metal alloys, such as Sterling silver used in jewelry, cupronickel used to make marine hardware and coins and constantan used in strain gauges and thermocouples for temperature measurement.

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