Synopses & Reviews
- Over 900 tables, charts, and graphs for more than 100 commodities and futures markets
- Seasonal patterns and historical data since 1992
- Articles by prominent professionals, including "Understanding and Analyzing the Coffee Market" by Walter Spilka and "Small Markets in a Big World: Commodity Market Volatility in the Information Age" by David C. Hightower
The single most comprehensive source of commodity and futures market information available
Since 1939, professional traders, commercial hedgers, portfolio managers, and speculators have come to regard The CRB Commodity Yearbook as the "bible" of the industry. Here is a wealth of authoritative data, gathered from government reports, private industry, and trade and industry associations, all compiled by the Commodity Research Bureau, the organization of record for the entire commodity industry itself.
Absolutely essential for identifying changing trends in supply and demand and for projecting important price movements, the Yearbook gives the investor:
- Worldwide supply/demand and production/consumption data for all the basic commodities and futures markets?from A(luminum) to Z(inc), including all the major markets in interest rates, currencies, energy, and stock index futures
- Over 900 tables, graphs, and price charts of historical data, many of which show price history dating back to 1900
- Concise introductory articles that describe the salient features of each commodity and help put the quantitative information in perspective
- Articles by prominent professionals on key markets and important issues concerning the commodity industry. The 2002 Yearbook features "Understanding and Analyzing the Coffee Market" by Walter Spilka and "Small Markets in a Big World: Commodity Market Volatility in the Information Age" by David C. Hightower
For anyone dealing in commodities, The CRB Commodity Yearbook 2002 offers an abundance of valuable information and indispensable guidance for decision making.
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Synopsis
Since 1939, professional traders, commercial hedgers, portfolio managers, and speculators around the world have come to rely on The CRB Commodity Yearbook to help them navigate the uncertainties of the commodity markets.
The single most comprehensive source of commodity and futures market infor-mation available, the Yearbook is the book of record of the Commodity Research Bureau, which is, in turn, the organization of record for the commodity industry itself. Its sourcesreports from governments, private industries, and trade and industrial associationsare authoritative, and its historical scope is second to none.
Breadth and depth of information make the Yearbook indispensable for identifying changing trends in supply and demand and for projecting important price movements. The 2002 edition provides crucial information on more than 100 domestic and international commoditiesfrom aluminum to gold to zincand includes seasonal patterns and historical data from the past ten years as well as current (as of the last three months) pricing and trading patterns on a monthly and annual basis.
The information is formatted to make researching a particular commodity as convenient as possible. Each commodity is introduced by a brief article that describes its salient features, pricing trends in recent years, and factorsbe they droughts, wars, diseases, or politicsthat have influenced prices in the past, and may do so in the future. The data itself is presented in over 900 tables, graphs, and price charts that are clear and easy to read.
Also featured are major articles on key markets and important issues by prominent professionals in the commodity industry that have been commissioned exclusively for the Yearbook.
For its wealth of information and the authority of its sources, The CRB Commodity Yearbook 2002 stands alone as the guide to intelligent trading in commodities and futures.
About the Author
Commodity Research Bureau, a division of Logical Systems, Inc., is the countrys largest resource for financial statistics, historical data, and charting services. Information is available online, on CD-ROM, and through newsletters, charting services, and wire reports. Located in Chicago, the company is regarded as the leading source of information on international and domestic commodity movements.
Table of Contents
New Owner Letter.
Acknowledgements.
The Commodity Price Trend.
CRB Indices.
Understanding and Analyzing the Coffee Market.
Small Markets in a Big World: Commodity Market Volatility in the Information Age.
Futures Volume Highlights, U.S.
Futures Volume Highlights, Worldwide.
Conversion Factors.
Aluminum.
Antimony.
Apples.
Arsenic.
Barley.
Bauxite.
Bismuth.
Broilers.
Butter.
Cadmium.
Canola (Rapeseed).
Cassava.
Castor Beans.
Cattle and Calves.
Cement.
Cheese.
Chromium.
Coal.
Cobalt.
Cocoa.
Coconut Oil and Copra.
Coffee.
Coke.
Copper.
Corn.
Corn Oil.
Cotton.
Cottonseed and Products.
CRB Futures Index.
Currencies.
Diamonds.
Eggs.
Electric Power.
Fertilizers (Nitrogen, Phosphate & Potash).
Fish.
Flaxseed and Linseed Oil.
Fruits.
Gas.
Gasoline.
Gold.
Grain Sorghum.
Hay.
Heating Oil.
Hides and Leather.
Hogs.
Honey.
Interest Rates, U.S.
Interest Rates, Worldwide.
Iron and Steel.
Lard.
Lead.
Lumber and Plywood.
Magnesium.
Manganese.
Meats.
Mercury.
Milk.
Molasses.
Molybdenum.
Nickel.
Oats.
Olive Oil.
Onions.
Oranges and Orange Juice.
Palm Oil.
Paper.
Peanuts and Peanut Oil.
Pepper.
Petroleum.
Plastics.
Platinum-Group Metals.
Pork Bellies.
Potatoes.
Rayon and Other Synthetic Fibers.
Rice.
Rubber.
Rye.
Salt.
Sheep and Lambs.
Silk.
Silver.
Soybean Meal.
Soybean Oil.
Soybeans.
Stock Index Futures, U.S.
Stock Index Futures, Worldwide.
Sugar.
Sulfur.
Sunflowerseed and Oil.
Tall Oil.
Tallow and Greases.
Tea.
Tin.
Titanium.
Tobacco.
Tung Oil.
Tungsten.
Turkeys.
Uranium.
Vanadium.
Vegetables.
Wheat and Flour.
Wool.
Zinc.