CI Newsletter

Newsletter 154 This week’s newsletter is co-authored by Tony Nash and Dr Clint Laurent   Although mid-summer volatility is a tempting topic, we’ve taken a break from this week’s market drama to be a bit more thoughtful about longer term trends. Covid has drawn our attention for the last 18 months, but it is temporary. […]

Issue 153 Assets Covered: KC HRW Wheat Futures (KW1), CBOT Corn Futures (C1)   Sign up to CI Newsletter to get this in your email as soon as it’s out.     Agriculture commodities have been on fire this quarter. Corn, wheat, soybeans, and coffee futures have all risen dramatically and they appear to be […]

Issue 152 Assets Covered: ICE Brent Crude Oil Futures, NYMEX WTI Crude Oil Futures   Sign up to CI Newsletter to get this in your email as soon as it’s out.   Crude markets are a long way from last year’s lows. April 20, 2020 was the day that WTI hit -$37 in the US. […]

Issue 151 Assets Covered: Gold, Coil Steel     In case you haven’t heard, inflation is a thing again. Lumber, copper and nearly every agriculture commodity have all ripped higher this year. Good times for farmers and miners.    Everyone is aware of Friedman’s comment that “Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon in […]

Issue 150 Assets Covered: CNY, Crude Oil Futures, USD, Copper Futures     In our recent Quick Hit interview, we talked with portfolio manager Tracy Shuchart about the US Dollar, crude oil prices, the Chinese Yuan (CNY) and industrial metals. Through Q1 of this year, Complete Intelligence has expected US Dollar strength and a bit […]

Issue 149 Assets Covered: SPX, Gold Futures, EUR, USD   Every so often, a forecaster sees a disruption ahead. While it’s tempting to be the person screaming that the sky is falling, there is very little to gain from it – especially if you’re wrong.   Unlike so many “permabears” (those who are perpetually calling […]

Issue 148 Assets Covered: USD, CNY   Not a subscriber yet? Sign up to the CI Newsletter here.     If you’ve had a pulse this week, you’ve seen the meteoric rise of stocks like GameStop, Koss, AMC and others. Tips originating on Reddit’s r/wallstreetbets have toppled hedge funds and had retail investors leaning into markets. […]

Issue 147 Assets Covered: USD, Copper Futures (HG1), Copper (LME), Corn Futures (C1), Brent Crude Oil Futures (B10), WTI Crude Futures   Not a subscriber yet? Sign up to the CI Newsletter here.     What a year! 2021 is off to a rip-roaring start. Year to date (YTD), we’ve seen some dramatic price action – […]

Issue 146 Assets Covered: WTI, Natural Gas, VIX   ❗️Not a subscriber yet? Sign up to the CI Newsletter here.❗️     2020. Wow. We were exhausted by it in May and it just kept going. We’ve all been counting down to 2021. Like most non-masochists, we can’t wait for it to be over.   […]

Issue 145 Assets Covered: USD, EUR, WTI ❗️Not a subscriber yet? Sign up to the CI Newsletter here.❗️   This week, markets saw news of the 2nd US-based vaccine for Covid 19. The results are encouraging, and markets have welcomed the news. The results of these two announcements are so exciting, in fact, that the […]