Hot Commodities

Hot Commodities

  Commodities have been on fire lately. In particular, we’ve seen raw materials like copper, oil, and gold do really well. What’s going on? Well, it appears investors are betting that strong economic growth around the world will continue to boost global demand...
Cutting Expectations

Cutting Expectations

This week’s big news was the release of the March CPI (consumer inflation) numbers. As feared, it came in hotter than expected. The year-over-year change in the CPI picked up to 3.48% last month. As you can see on the chart below, it’s been stuck in a narrow range...