It’s risk-off today around the globe
Today has turned into a class risk off day in global financial markets—largely on news that China’s exports plunged 18.1% in February. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had expected a 7.5% increase in exports.
Sector Monday: Even the transportation sector doesn’t seem like a safe haven for oil demand in the U.S.
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We’ve still got a long way to go, I’m afraid, before we see a bottom in iron ore prices. The problem is that while iron ore miners are reducing their capital budgets and cutting back on plans to add new capacity, they are still adding capacity, even if more slowly.
The copper-gold connection makes the drop in gold painful for copper miners
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Today we’ve got either a standard retracement of the April rally, a sell off in growth-related stocks on a disappointing report on first quarter GDP out of China, or a panicky plunge in oil, industrial materials, silver and gold. It’s certainly a down market today but the nature of the “down-ness” depends on how your portfolio is positioned.