Hides and Skins: Net sales of 492,500 pieces were reported for delivery in 2010, up 4 percent from the previous week and 13 percent from the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hide sales of 488,100 pieces...
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May 2010The Pipeline
27 May 2010
US export sales for week ending 13.05.10
26 May 2010
German Perspective—25.05.10
18 May 2010
German Perspective—18.05.10
11 May 2010
German Perspective—12.05.10
06 May 2010
US export sales for week ending 29.04.10
05 May 2010
27 May 2010
US export sales for week ending 13.05.10
26 May 2010
German Perspective—25.05.10
What happened this week: We still cannot trace much news that will really shake or rattle the market. For the time being, the optimists and the pessimists, as well as the strong demand for bulls and limited...
US Perspective—25.05.10
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market Opinion
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The latest figures show that cattle and calves on feed for slaughter markets in the United States—in feedlots with capacity of...
18 May 2010
German Perspective—18.05.10
What happened this week: The hide, skin and leather business continues to be rather uninteresting in view of the general budget crisis in Europe. Governments are trying everything to rescue the European idea...
US Perspective—18.05.10
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market Opinion
Courtesy of www.thejacobsen.com
The hide market appears to have lost its footing this past week. Market momentum was halted as prices stopped their ascent and early...
Market Intelligence—18.05.10
Macroeconomics
The European problem is widening and the concerns we were discussing in our last issue have become an issue in the past weeks.
EU politicians were forced a week ago to take massive action to...
11 May 2010
German Perspective—12.05.10
What happened this week: It was quite an exciting week. The Greek crisis has dominated the headlines; the hefty reactions of the financial markets as well as the riots seen in Athens demonstrated that the...
US Perspective—12.05.10
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market Opinion
Courtesy of www.thejacobsen.com
The turbulent roller-coaster ride in the stock market is a reminder of the fragility of the recent gains in the global economy...
06 May 2010
US export sales for week ending 29.04.10
Hides and Skins: Net sales of 423,400 pieces were reported for delivery in 2010, down 2 percent from the previous week and 11 percent from the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hide sales of 423,600 pieces...
German Perspective - 05.05.10
What happened this week: The market situation of last week could have been easily copied into this week’s report. While light material of high quality and heavy material of high quality are still easily...
US Perspective - 05.05.10
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market Opinion
Courtesy of www.thejacobsen.com
The US hide marketplace closed the week with a bit of a hush. Some of the slowdown can be attributed to national holidays being...
05 May 2010
Market Intelligence - 05.05.10
Macroeconomics
Some problems can be solved just by waiting, but in the financial market this is rarely the case. Consequently, the peace and tranquillity of the past weeks were just a break and not the...