Barclays Capital
Barclays Capital
Barclays Investment Bankis the investment banking division of the British multinational Barclays bank headquartered in London. It provides advisory, financing and risk management services to large companies, institutions and government clients. It is a primary dealer in U.S. Treasury securities and various European Government bonds...
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We continue to question how close the situation now is to either complete company withdrawal from the area or a strike by workers due to the obvious lack of security.
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We continue to expect two more rate hikes, but the dovish tone of the minutes suggest that upside risk to this forecast is limited.
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Range-bound trade looks likely to continue for some time, though we see potential for prices to break on the upside after this consolidation phase.
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Prices should continue to consolidate in the wide range of $535-$555 in the near term, though the underlying sentiment remains bullish and downside appears limited at present.
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This market continues to look very strong ... Enthusiasm among speculators is founded on its constructive fundamentals and general interest across commodities.
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Speculative activity will continue to dominate price movements, with fund interest based on justifications such as economic slowdown, inflationary concerns and hopes of Asian central bank buying and soaring physical demand.
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Absent new developments in credit, the continued synthetic demand, the hedge fund bid, strength in the leveraged loan market, stability in U.S. Treasuries, and credit appetite from Asia will likely continue to support the market overall.
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The market continues to appear well-supported and we see the overall macroeconomic and geopolitical environment as favorable for gold.
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The continued strong performance of commodity investments, allied to the desire of many institutional investors to diversify their equity and fixed income exposures, suggests that commodity investments are likely to continue growing strongly in 2006.
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It is now appropriate to talk of a major energy crisis after Hurricane Katrina pushed U.S. energy markets beyond the edge. The impact of Katrina has been to produce a significant discontinuity.
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OPEC production is falling in any case thanks to Nigerian losses, and the threat from Niger Delta militants to oil exports has the potential to get even more serious.
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We believe the rise in Chinese crude oil imports in October signals a period of stronger Chinese apparent demand figures over Q4 2005 and Q1 2006.
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Physical buying could help provide some support, but it is still unclear at which price levels they would re-emerge in significant quantities.
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Recent hurricane damage in the U.S. has impacted natural gas more than any other energy market.