Goldman Not Backing Off Commodity Price Spike Belief | Market Rundown
We explain why this should or shouldn't be taken seriously.
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Good Morning. The DX is up 48 points. Bonds are stronger. Stocks are up 40- 70 bps. Gold is up $3 after being down $8. Silver is up a nickel. Copper remains down a percentage point plus. Crypto is flat and Grains are down some. UMich today.
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Goldman is Not Backing Off
Comment: All research is part marketing for banks. Some is real analysis. And when/if prices start to turn yoy can bet Goldman will be reccomending to their clients to buy alongside them based on the following analysis. That said:
Goldman put out a report re-emphasizing their belief the commodity dips we are experiencing are not permanent. We do not know if they are right. But we have seen this kind of work before and lived through the trades they did on the back of it.
The last two times they spoke like this they were indeed committed to the thesis. we described this type of research last year for premium subs.1 We cannot emphasize the importance of reports like these for continued analysis of commodity trends enough.
Here is their conviction in higher commodity prices ( eventually) restated:
The only rational explanation in our view [ for the recent price drop] is destocking as commodity consumers deplete inventories at higher prices, believing they can restock once a broad softening creates excess supply, a dynamic apparent in metals and agricultural markets today. Yet should this prove incorrect, and excess supply does not materialize as we expect, the restocking scramble would exacerbate scarcity, pushing prices substantially higher this autumn potentially forcing central banks to generate a more protracted contraction to balance commodity markets
Bottom Line Drivers:
Irrational expectations make for unsustainable prices.
Macro markets generate commodity tail risk
Liquidity destocking exacerbates macro mispricing
Cross-market curve shapes send warning to investors
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