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29 May 2012

Macroeconomics The global economy is heading into the northern hemisphere summer and that generally means low season for news and trends. However, we are still in rocky seas and the situation isn’t getting...

US Perspective - 29.05.12

Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Interest on big packer hides slowed towards the end of last week, as it appears those who needed hides took care of business mid-week and the only...

German Perspective - 29.05.12

What happened this week: This week did not deliver a clear indication as to who is going to move first to end the stalemate in the market. Let’s see first what kind of hard facts we were able to collect this...

22 May 2012

US Perspective - 22.05.12

Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Interest on big packer hides slowed considerably as we approached the end of the week. The vast majority of sources we spoke with confirmed that, if...

German Perspective - 22.05.12

What happened this week: Finally what had to happen has happened. The market has hit the wall and the question is how hard and how far it’s going to bounce back. What the trigger was for the change in mood is ...

15 May 2012

US Perspective - 15.05.12

Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com The sentiment of members in the big packer trade was that last week was a much slower week of trading than the past few weeks. Worth noting is that...

Market Intelligence - 15.05.12

Macroeconomics The last two weeks have become much more active as far as the general economy is concerned. Elections in Europe have shifted the political centre of the continent further left, which may create ...

German Perspective - 15.05.12

What happened this week: For many weeks now general activity has continued to decline and the volume of sales too. What all players really think we don’t know, but reports are still pretty optimistic and...

08 May 2012

German Perspective - 08.05.12

What happened this week: Another reasonably uneventful week has passed and drawn its curtains. We found trading pretty quiet this week, which may be down to the various holidays around the globe. However,...

US Perspective - 08.05.12

Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Last week was another decent week for packers. The vast majority of sources we spoke to in the in packer trade reported that interest was a bit...

01 May 2012

US Perspective - 01.05.12

Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Prices of big packer and cowhides remain at steady levels as last week. This week saw both packers and processors offer a limited number of...

German Perspective - 01.05.12

What happened this week: Another week ended which did not offer any further insight. Opinions, news and market activities paralysed each other. Most suppliers around the globe are still convinced that...

Market Intelligence - 01.05.12

Macroeconomics The last two weeks have again been not very exciting as far as the general situation on the financial markets were concerned. It is not really that nothing serious happens, it seems that ...

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