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HOT PORK ROLLS
For any investor who has chosen lean hogs as the commodity to invest in 2014, s/he is as “happy as a pig in the index“. The S&P GSCI Lean Hogs are the 3rd best performing commodity in the index YTD, up 16.3%, before the roll. Even after the roll, the lean hogs are the 5th best…
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BACKWARDATION IS BACK!
2013 is the first year commodities have been in backwardation since 2003. For those of you who need a refresher on the definition of backwardation, you are not alone, so here it is: “When a near-month futures contract is trading at a premium to more distant contracts, we say that a commodity futures curve is in…
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