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Saudi-Iran Spat Leads To Oil Spike By Peter Sainsbury - Jan 04, 2016

Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday that it has broken off diplomatic ties with Iran. This comes amid a row over the execution by Saudi Arabia of a prominent Shia Muslim cleric.To be clear, tension...

Nickel: Not So Mean Reversion By Peter Sainsbury - Dec 30, 2015

Nickel was the worst performing commodity in 2015, down 43% to around $8,600 per tonne. Worries over weak Chinese demand for stainless steel (manufactured from nickel) coupled with robust supply...

Sugar: The Top 10 Most Important Drivers By Peter Sainsbury - Jul 23, 2015

1) The Brazilian RealBrazil is the largest producer of sugarcane, producing around 740 Mt in 2013, almost 40% of global output. A decline in the value of the Brazilian currency, the real increases the...

Base Metals And Crude Vulnerable By Peter Sainsbury - Jul 06, 2015

As the people of Greece vote ‘Oxi’ (No) in Sunday’s referendum what are the short and longer term implications for commodity prices?For much of the past week financial markets...

The Fracklog Is Coming By Peter Sainsbury - Apr 28, 2015

Could U.S. Oil production add an extra 1 million b/d by end 2015? Oil traders have perhaps understandably focused on the minutiae of weekly changes in rig activity, oil production and storage levels...

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