Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Commodity Market Holiday Schedule 2016, LME COMEX NYMEX SHFE


Jan 01 2016New Year's Day (Observed)LME / COMEX / NYMEX / SHFE
Jan 18 2016Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Observed)COMEX / NYMEX
Feb 08 2016Spring FestivalSHFE
Feb 09 2016Spring FestivalSHFE
Feb 10 2016Spring FestivalSHFE
Feb 11 2016Spring FestivalSHFE
Feb 12 2016Spring FestivalSHFE
Feb 15 2016Presidents DayCOMEX / NYMEX
Mar 25 2016Good FridayLME / COMEX / NYMEX
Mar 28 2016Easter MondayLME
Apr 04 2016Tomb-sweeping DaySHFE
May 02 2016Labor DaySHFE
May 02 2016Early May Bank HolidayLME
May 25 2016Memorial DayCOMEX / NYMEX
May 30 2016Spring Bank HolidayLME
Jun 09 2016Dragon Boat FestivalSHFE
Jun 10 2016Dragon Boat FestivalSHFE
Jul 04 2016Independence DayCOMEX / NYMEX
Aug 29 2016Summer Bank HolidayLME
Sep 5 2016Labor DayCOMEX / NYMEX
Sep 15 2016Mid-autumn FestivalSHFE
Sep 16 2016Mid-autumn FestivalSHFE
Oct 03 2016National DaySHFE
Oct 04 2016National DaySHFE
Oct 05 2016National DaySHFE
Oct 06 2016National DaySHFE
Oct 07 2016National DaySHFE
Nov 24 2016ThanksgivingCOMEX / NYMEX
Dec 26 2016Christmas Holiday (Observed)LME/ COMEX / NYMEX
Dec 27 2016Boxing DayLME
Jan 02 2017New Year's Day (Observed)LME / COMEX / NYMEX / SHFE
* COMEX/NYMEX early closing on any business day preceding a holiday.

Commodity Market Holiday Schedule 2016, LME COMEX NYMEX SHFE

MCX / NCDEX Holiday Schedule 2016

MCX / NCDEX Holiday Schedule 2016

ParticularsDateDaysMorning Session
(10:00 AM to 05:00 PM)
Evening Session
(05:00 PM to 11:55 PM)
New Year´s Eve01-01-2016FridayOpenClosed
Republic day26-01-2016TuesdayClosedClosed
Mahashivratri07-03-2016MondayClosedOpen
Holi24-03-2016ThursdayClosedOpen
Good Friday25-03-2016FridayClosedClosed
Dr. Ambedkar Jayanti14-04-2016ThursdayClosedOpen
Ram Navami15-04-2016FridayClosedOpen
Mahavir Jayanti19-04-2016TuesdayClosedOpen
Maharashtra Day/ May Day (Labour Day)01-05-2016SundayClosedClosed
Buddha Pornima21-05-2016SaturdayClosedClosed
Ramzan ID (Id-Ul-Fitar)06-07-2016WednesdayClosedOpen
Independence Day15-08-2016MondayClosedClosed
Ganesh Chaturthi05-09-2016MondayClosedOpen
Bakri ID (Idu’L Zuha)13-09-2016TuesdayClosedOpen
Gandhi Jayanti02-10-2016SundayClosedClosed
Dussera11-10-2016TuesdayClosedOpen
Moharum12-10-2016wednesdayClosedOpen
Diwali (Laxmi Puja)30-10-2016SundayClosedOpen from (5 pm to 9.00 - 9.30 pm)
Diwali - Balipratipada31-10-2016MondayClosedOpen
Guru Nanak Jayanti14-11-2016MondayClosedOpen
Id-E-Milad (Prophet Mohammad´s Birthday)12-12-2016MondayClosedOpen
Christmas25-12-2016SundayClosedClosed

Friday, January 22, 2016

INFOGRAPHIC: The periodic table of commodity returns

INFOGRAPHIC: The periodic table of commodity returns
Courtesy of: Visual Capitalist

At the beginning of each year, U.S. Global Investors puts out a fantastic visualization called the Periodic Table of Commodity Returns. This year’s version has an interactive design that allows users to sort returns by various categories including returns, volatility, and other groupings.
For those keeping score, 2015 was a historically bad year for commodities in almost every regard.
Base Metals: The fact that lead was the best performing commodity with -3.5% returns throughout 2015 is not a good sign. However, compared to its fellow base metals such as copper (-26.1%), zinc (-26.5%), aluminum (-17.8%), and nickel (-41.8%), lead did wonderfully in comparison.
Precious Metals: Gold held in there as a relative top-performer with only a -10.4% dip. That said, it’s started off 2016 with a nice rally so far. Silver, platinum, and palladium did worse in 2015, all returning -11.8%, -26.1%, and -29.4% respectively.
Energy: The worst performing commodity of 2014 was the second-worst performing commodity of 2015. Oil was been routed in the last two years, with -45.6% and -30.5% returns respectively. Other fossil fuels have followed, with natural gas (-19.1%) and coal (-10.8%) both losing ground in 2015 as well.
Food: Corn was among the “best” performers, returning -9.6%. Wheat struggled more throughout 2015, returning -20.3%.
Deflating commodity prices also compounded with a strengthening dollar to hit currency markets hard, allowing Bitcoin to become the best performing currency of 2015 by far. Countries heavily reliant on commodity exports such as Canada, Brazil, Russia, Mexico, Australia, Norway, and South Africa had their currencies hammered in relation to the U.S. dollar.

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Crude oil prices fall as much as 20% since beginning of the year

Crude oil prices fall as much as 20% since beginning of the year

Crude oil prices continued a relentless dive early on Tuesday, falling as much as 20 per cent since the beginning of the year as analysts scrambled to cut their 2016 oil price forecasts and traders bet on further price falls.
US crude West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was trading at $30.98 per barrel at 0311 GMT on Tuesday, down 43 cents from the last settlement and more than 19 per cent lower than at the beginning of the year. WTI has shed over 70 per cent in value since the downturn began in mid-2014.
Brent crude futures fell 43 cents to $31.12 a barrel. Earlier they declined to $31.08, their lowest since April 2004. Brent has fallen 20 per cent in January and, like WTI, has declined on every day of trading so far this year.
Traders take record short positions
Trading data showed that managed short positions in WTI crude contracts, which would profit from a further fall in prices, are at a record high, implying that many traders expect further falls (see chart).
Analysts also adjusted to the early price rout in the year, with Barclays, Macquarie, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Standard Chartered and Societe Generale all cut their 2016 oil price forecasts on Monday.
"A marked deterioration in oil market fundamentals in early 2016 has persuaded us to make some large downward adjustments to our oil price forecasts for 2016," Barclays bank said.
"We now expect Brent and WTI to both average $37/barrel in 2016, down from our previous forecasts of $60 and $56, respectively," it added.
$10/barrel?
But it was Standard Chartered that took the most bearish view, stating that prices could drop as low as $10 a barrel.
"Given that no fundamental relationship is currently driving the oil market towards any equilibrium, prices are being moved almost entirely by financial flows caused by fluctuations in other asset prices, including the USD and equity markets," the bank said.
"We think prices could fall as low as $10/bbl before most of the money managers in the market conceded that matters had gone too far," it added.

Saturday, January 9, 2016

Market Massacre: Worst Ever First Week Of Trading

This was the worst first week of the year for US equities... ever!
Dow... (even worse than 2008)
Market Massacre: Worst Ever First Week Of Trading

S&P...
Market Massacre: Worst Ever First Week Of Trading

Europe was a disaster...
Market Massacre: Worst Ever First Week Of Trading

And epic for China...
Market Massacre: Worst Ever First Week Of Trading

And while only Trannies are in a bear market (down 20%) in the US, these 7 developed world markets are already there...(h/t SocGen's Andrew Laphthorne)
Market Massacre: Worst Ever First Week Of Trading
Commodities were very mixed this week...
Market Massacre: Worst Ever First Week Of Trading

Gold rallied 4% this week - its best 'first week of the year' since 2008... (best week in 5 months) - breaking 2 key technical levels...
Market Massacre: Worst Ever First Week Of Trading

Crude down 5 days in a row touching a $32 handle at the lows... biggest weekly drop since Nov 2014
Market Massacre: Worst Ever First Week Of Trading

Buy & Hold Investors of MANIPULATIVE Stocks in India -This Happened in Year 2015 ,Same will be Repeated in 2016 too.

Buy & Hold Investors of MANIPULATIVE Stocks in India -This Happened in Year 2015 ,Same will be Repeated in 2016 too

Good Points and Bad Points of Different Types of Traders

Good Points and Bad Points of Different Types of Traders