What happened this week: The market and the mood remains in the tight grip of the uncertainties of the international economy. The EU debt crisis, the slowdown of the growth in China, the financial woes in part ...
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29 November 2011
German Perspective - 29.11.11
22 November 2011
German Perspective - 22.11.11
15 November 2011
German Perspective—15.11.11
09 November 2011
German Perspective—08.11.11
01 November 2011
German Perspective - 01.11.11
29 November 2011
German Perspective - 29.11.11
US Perspective - 29.11.11
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report
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The consensus in the big packer trade is that in spite of packer’s best efforts last week to hold prices steady with the week prior, that...
Market Intelligence - 29.11.11
Macroeconomics
There is little substantial news to report. The EU debt crisis still dominates the headlines and the failure in the US to find an agreement between the big political blocks to solve the...
22 November 2011
German Perspective - 22.11.11
What happened this week: Another week has finished and we are running fast towards the end of 2011. The mood of the market hasn’t really improved yet. Actually the trade is waiting for the bottom but nobody is ...
US Perspective - 22.11.11
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report
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Popular opinion of the trade is that big packer hides traded anywhere from steady to incrementally lower last week. In the meantime, it is...
15 November 2011
German Perspective—15.11.11
What happened this week: The downward trend is now in full swing. The last suppliers have surrendered and even the most stubborn ones are now falling over each other to sell and to find buyers. What a surprise ...
US Perspective—15.11.11
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report
www.themaxfieldreport.com
Popular opinion in the trade is that last week was not a particularly busy week of trading for US packers and generally agreed it is unlikely packers ...
Market Intelligence—15.11.11
Macroeconomics
The never-ending story of the European debt crisis has the financial markets still in a tight grip. Resignations or announcements of governments and or presidents in Greece and Italy have...
09 November 2011
German Perspective—08.11.11
What happened this week: Although the US dollar regained almost all of its losses from last week it hasn’t helped the market very much. It took ages, but finally the market realities have regained control and...
US Perspective—08.11.11
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report
www.themaxfieldreport.com
Reports from various members of the trade claim interest slowed considerably towards week’s end. We heard several reports claiming the vast majority...
01 November 2011
German Perspective - 01.11.11
What happened this week: This week most people were just waiting for the outcome of the Euro Summit to solve the immediate problem of the debt crisis in the Euro zone. On Wednesday night the politicians found...
US Perspective - 01.11.11
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report
www.themaxfieldreport.com
Last week was a wild ride for packers as we watched the price of big packer hides decline by several dollars, only to retrace some of their...
Market Intelligence - 01.11.11
Macroeconomics
The headlines of the past two weeks were dominated by the Euro debt crisis and the political tensions related to it. Finally last Wednesday the summit was able to present the solution and...