ETF Daily News/2-16-2017
“Using its sentiment analysis tools, however, Goldman managed to come to these conclusions as early as November—which is the same month the investment bank turned bullish on commodities for the first time in four years. Goldman’s line of reasoning? When business optimism goes up, capital expenditure (capex) also goes up, and when capex goes up, commodities tend to follow. I should add that the bank has historically been neutral on commodities, recommending an overweight position only four times in the last 20 years. So when it does become bullish, investors should pay attention.”
MK note: The expectation for rising commodity prices, needless to say, rolls into inflationary expectations and helps explain professional money’s big move into gold since the start of the year. Gold is up over 8% in 2017 while stocks are up only a little over 4%.
