Allison Nathan

Red Kite Evangelicals Reap 47% Sowing Bet on China Copper Market

On a dark, drizzly November morning, Michael Farmer steps to the pulpit to deliver a stern message to fellow parishioners at St. Helen’s Bishopsgate, an 800-year-old church in the shadow of the London Metal Exchange and in the heart of the City, London’s financial district.

Goldman Sachs Maintains Crude Oil, Copper Forecasts Even as Risks Increase

Brent crude and copper may rally as global economic growth led by emerging markets remains adequate to drive an expansion in raw-materials demand, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said, sticking with forecasts for price gains.

Aluminum Downside ‘Limited’ on Possible China Cuts: Goldman

Aluminum does not have “significant room for further downside” amid potential closures among Chinese producers as falling prices may trigger output cuts, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Crude Oil Advances a Second Day in London on European Support for Greece

Oil rose for a second day in London after German and French leaders said they’re certain Greece will remain in the euro zone, tempering concern that the region’s debt crisis will damage fuel consumption.

Brent's Biggest Premium to WTI in Nine Months May Collapse: Energy Markets

Brent oil’s premium to West Texas Intermediate crude is poised to collapse from the highest level in nine months as strengthening U.S. demand may cut record inventories at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub.

Brent's Biggest Premium to WTI in Nine Months May Collapse: Energy Markets

Brent oil’s premium to West Texas Intermediate crude is poised to collapse from the highest level in nine months as strengthening U.S. demand may cut record inventories at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub.

Goldman Cuts Three-Month Copper, Aluminum, Zinc Target on Europe, China

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lowered its near-term price forecasts for copper, aluminum and zinc as markets remain “fragile” on concerns that the Europe debt crisis may hamper growth and as China moves to cool its economy.

Goldman Slashes Price Forecasts on Corn, Wheat by 26% on USDA Supply Data

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. slashed its forecast for corn and wheat prices by 26 percent after the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported higher inventories and increasing acreage. The soybean projection was reduced by 7.1 percent.

LNG Surges as Japan Vies With China, Exxon’s Shipments Grow

Liquefied natural gas prices are surging to a three-year high as demand from Japan, China and India outpaces supply increases, boosting sales for producers from BG Group Plc to Exxon Mobil Corp.

U.S. to Have ‘Slight’ Soybean Surplus, Goldman Sachs Says

U.S. soybean inventories will be in a “slight surplus” in the 2010-11 crop year on weaker Chinese imports of the oilseed, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said as it raised stockpile estimates.

"The Japanese tsunami certainly did increase the demand quite dramatically for LNG imports into the region, which effectively tightened the global LNG market more quickly than most people had anticipated."

- Allison Nathan on Sep 19, 2011

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