Recent Posts Tagged With 'commodities'

• Black Swan Chronicles: Chinese Imports Of Iron Ore Exceed Demand

  Posted on Tuesday October 13th, 2009 at 06:04 in china, japan, commodities, steel, exports, general economics, iron ore, overcapacity, black swan chronicles

  Another sign of the Chinese muddling in commodities has emerged when it was known that Chinese imports of Iron ore exceeds the demand by 50 million tons for this year.  Speculation (and accumulation of commodities) both by Chinese State authorities ...

• Black Swan Chronicles: Two Stories About A Bubble

  Posted on Thursday October 1st, 2009 at 03:49 in china, debt, usa, commodities, monetary policy, bubbles, andy xie

  First of all my apologies to all the readers on RT and to Chuck. My company was in upheaval for the beginning of the week with the meeting of several members of our foreign establishments and my colleagues and me were swamped under work. Some persona...

• “Black Swan” Chronicles: China Loses Again On Commodity Derivatives

  Posted on Monday September 14th, 2009 at 06:41 in oil, china, commodities, derivatives, general economics, cosco, sasac

  I had mentioned quite a while ago, the attempts of China to become a big player in the field of commodities. I had said then that China had not proved very successful in using trading as a tool to acquire a dominant position on the market. As Caijing...