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Commodities & Energy Sector

The gold-to-oil price ratio seems tactically overextended, but global macro drivers suggest it will rise further.   The gold bull run is still relatively young and not yet stretched compared to rallies from the past 50 years. Importantly, ongoing…
Uranium spot prices may have found a floor after falling to $64/lb from a $107/lb peak in February last year. This drawdown has been unexpected considering the strength of the underlying supply-demand fundamentals for uranium. The momentum remains…
Q1 Export Spike Masks Eurozone Slowdown Ahead …

Negotiations on trade, Iran, and Ukraine will prove critical this month. Markets will remain volatile because positive data surprises enable the White House to press its hawkish tariff hikes, while negative surprises force the White House to backpedal. 

Our Commodity strategists stay short oil and long gold as global demand weakens and OPEC+ offers no support. Brent’s floor has likely fallen to $50, and bearish supply and demand forces continue to dominate the price outlook. Crude consumption forecasts…

MacroQuant sees the risks to US growth as being to the downside and the risks to inflation as being to the upside. Such a stagflationary brew justifies an underweight on stocks.

MacroQuant sees the risks to US growth as being to the downside and the risks to inflation as being to the upside. Such a stagflationary brew justifies an underweight on stocks.

No Respite For Brazilian Markets No…
Our Commodities strategists remain defensively positioned, recommending a long gold versus oil and copper trade over a cyclical timeframe. While gold may correct near term, it still offers safe-haven appeal in the face of rising policy uncertainty.Silver is…

Going into April, MacroQuant recommends a modest underweight on stocks, offset by an overweight on bonds and cash. While MacroQuant is modestly bearish on stocks, we suspect that the downside risks to equities may be greater than what the model assumes.