"The same was leveled against WTI, " said Harry Tchilinguirian, the London-based head of commodity strategy at BNP Paribas.
China's 2010 gold production is expected at about 350 metric tons, according to Standard Bank head of commodity strategy Walter de Wet.
Now that the market is comfortable with Android, the commodity strategy is almost guaranteed to earn a huge slice of market share.
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"The market's really just trying to work out which leg to stand on, " said Ole Hansen, head of commodity strategy at Saxo Bank.
Bart Melek, head of commodity strategy with TDS Securities, echoed similar sentiments, characterizing the upward GDP revision as unusually large for a third estimate by the government.
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Bart Melek, vice president and director, head of commodity strategy, rates and foreign exchange research at TD Securities, said just chatter from Iran and Israel could push the risk premium on crude higher.
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Bart Melek, vice president and director head of commodity strategy, rates and foreign exchange research at TD Securities, said that change in strategy by the Fed to outright purchases is supportive to gold.
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Meanwhile, Bart Melek, head of commodity strategy for TD Securities, looks for gold to track other risk assets during the debate, meaning it would likely fall on a stand-off if markets like equities did likewise.
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Often, traders have tended to take positions ahead of Fed releases or appearances in which market participants have factored in a greater likelihood of more QE, pointed out Bart Melek, director of commodity strategy, rates and foreign-exchange research for TD Securities.
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All of this is supportive for gold prices, and it may prompt people to buy the yellow metal as an inflation hedge as worries that the current high oil prices will last into the summer, said Bart Melek, vice president and director, head of commodity strategy, rates and foreign exchange research and TD Securities.
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Our commodity long-short strategy was actually positive 40% in 2008 when the rest of the commodity market was minus 35%.
Whether his style and strategy can tolerate a downturn in commodity prices will be a big test.
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This strategy insulated JSPL from price volatility in commodity markets, thus bringing down production costs and boosting profitability.
The one sector-specific speaker I heard was Donald Coxe, a strategy advisor for BMO Financial Group, who discussed commodity stocks.
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It is a gauge designed in collaboration with Pring Research to reflect its proprietary investment strategy, which tactically allocates among stock, bond, commodity, and cash segments based on the phase of the economic business cycle.
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Another strategy is to add value to an otherwise price-driven commodity purchase.
More than just another deal for Dow, the sale of 50.0% of its plastics business to a Kuwaiti state company was part of its strategy to reduce its exposure to the cyclical nature of the commodity chemicals business.
Thus, the primary focus of the strategy is the defense or protection of the physical information infrastructure and the commodity that it stores and transmits.
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Another strategy is to add value to what would otherwise be a purely price-driven commodity purchase.
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