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27 November 2012
DE German Perspective - 27.11.12
US US Perspective—27.11.12
Market Intelligence - 20.11.12
20 November 2012
US US Perspective—20.11.12
DE German Perspective - 20.11.12
13 November 2012
Market Intelligence - 13.11.12
US US Perspective—13.11.12
DE German Perspective - 13.11.12
06 November 2012
DE German Perspective - 06.11.12
US US Perspective—06.11.12

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27 November 2012
Market
German Perspective - 27.11.12
What happened this week: This past week market activity was pretty quiet. After the decent weeks we had been seeing for some time it was a bit strange because there was no indication that demand would slow...
Market
US Perspective—27.11.12
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Last week big packer prices maintained their firm tone, in spite of the fact that packers in general had few if any “official” offers; coupled with...
Market
Market Intelligence - 20.11.12
Macroeconomics The world was shocked by the outbreak of new violence in the Middle East and the war between Hamas and Israel. Although by the end of last week a ceasefire was achieved the situation remains...
20 November 2012
Market
US Perspective—20.11.12
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Big packers saw prices increase again last week allowing trading levels to reach new all-time record highs. Worth noting are reports from various...
Market
German Perspective - 20.11.12
What happened this week: Europe continues to benefit from the high prices in other markets and continuous intention of Chinese buyers to buy week by week. The market-price reduction after the cut-back of soaks ...
13 November 2012
Market
Market Intelligence - 13.11.12
Macroeconomics The financial markets were quiet until the result of the US presidential election came in. Every 20 years the Chinese Communist Party changes leaders at the same time the US president is...
Market
US Perspective—13.11.12
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Interest in big packer hides slowed considerably at the end of last week. Based on our conversations, it appears interested buyers accepted the fact...
Market
German Perspective - 13.11.12
What happened this week: The closer we get to the end of the year, the faster the weeks are passing by. We have only four or maximum five weeks left before most of the world closes for the Christmas break....
06 November 2012
Market
German Perspective - 06.11.12
What happened this week: This week was again dominated by a widespread  discrepancy between males and females and Europe and Asia. Most of the Catholic parts of Europe had a holiday on Thursday for All...
Market
US Perspective—06.11.12
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Last week saw big packer hides get off to a slow start as the majority of packers refrained from offering regular weight steers and appeared as if...