Investor sentiment relative to commodities is so negative it is a contrarian signal that a positive trend change is on the way, claims a new research report from Capital Economics. In a research report out Wednesday, the institutional research firm painted a strong picture for commodities despite issues in China, which could already be priced into the market. Capital Economics: Commodity downtrend and China fears overdone It was less than one month ago Capital Economics was noting that the trend in commodities was strong, coming of major weakness in July. This market projection was accurate as commodity selling in August…
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Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.