Mining equities and commodity equities with upside potential with supporting Commodity charts
Metal Price Analytics produces charts of selected mining and energy equities with upside potential, supported by the underlying commodity price charts.
LME & COMEX Metal and Oil prices with supporting Driver Charts
For Metals, Metal Price Analytics produces charts for LME and COMEX metals together with supporting driver charts from LME stock inventory (where relevant) and Dollar Index.
For Energy, Metal Price Analytics produces charts of the Crude Oil Price together with supporting driver charts from Weekly U.S. Ending Stocks of Crude Oil and Dollar Index.
The Dollar Index is one of the most important macro drivers of metal prices—including gold, silver, copper, and industrial metals. A stronger USD typically pushes metal prices lower, while a weaker USD supports metal price appreciation. Because of this tight inverse relationship, having a clear understanding of USD strength, direction, and its underlying drivers is essential for anyone analysing or trading metal markets.
The yen‑funded carry trade is one of the central mechanisms shaping global financial conditions. Investors borrow in a low‑yielding currency — historically JPY — and deploy that leverage into higher‑yielding or higher‑beta assets across FX, equities, credit, EM, and commodities.
When volatility is low and yen funding is cheap, the carry trade expands, increasing global liquidity and lifting risk assets. When volatility rises or the yen strengthens, the trade unwinds, triggering rapid deleveraging and correlated sell‑offs.
Understanding the business cycle is essential because it governs turning points in growth, profits, asset prices, and policy, and therefore underpins every major strategic decision in economics and markets.
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The information on the website is the output of algorithms . It is not to be taken as investment or trading advice and must be viewed together with fundamental analysis, breaking news and a confirming intraday chart. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
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