The Periodic Table of Commodity Returns published yearly by US Funds is an excellent tool for commodity investors similar to The Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns for US equity investors. Silver was the best performing commodity return last year with a return of about 48%. The next top returns came from Copper and Palladium, …
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The number of workers employed in coal mining industry is less than the number of workers in than many other industries. For example, museums employed 91,966 compared to just 76,572 workers in the coal industry according an article I came across in The Washington Post. The 76K figure is not coal miners only but also …
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Coal production in the U.S. dropped to below 900 million short tons according to EIA. The average number of employees in coal mines declined by 12% year-over-year and reached 65,971. The major US coal producers in 2015 are listed in the table below: Source: US EIA The top five producers are Peabody Energy Corp (BTUUQ), Arch Coal …
Commodities have been in a downward trend for many years now though they have recovered slightly this year. As China’s voracious appetite for all types of commodities decreased commodities declined sharply. Other countries were unable to drive the demand like China did. According to a report from Schroder’s China’s demand for commodities created a super cycle …