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CONTANGO Report Contango Report: Natural Gas Contango Narrows, But Remains Extremely Steep- Written by Sumit Roy |
- October 24, 2011
Contango Report: Natural Gas Contango Narrows, But Remains Extremely Steep
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Shape of the natural gas forward curve remains very unfavorable for investors.
Has oil moved into backwardation yet? What does corn’s roll yield look like? How do you know when it’s time to buy—or sell?
Each week, we investigate the futures curves of the U.S.’ most important commodities, helping investors better understand the market and seize buy-and-sell opportunities as soon as they arise.
To see current contango curve and front-month roll costs for each of our selected commodities, please select a sector or commodity below (or read the whole report ):
Data as of close on October 21, 2011
Data courtesy IndexUniverse.com
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| Current Roll | Previous Week's Roll | Past Year Average Roll | Historical 10/21 5YR Annualized Roll | ||
| Energy | WTI | 1.10% | 2.50% | 0.81% | 3.37% |
| Brent | -13.12% | -19.20% | -0.33% | 4.51% | |
| HH Natural Gas | 87.55% | 122.29% | 1.86% | 193.95% | |
| Precious Metals | Gold | 0.15% | 0.72% | 0.08% | 1.20% |
| Silver | -1.75% | 1.24% | 0.05% | 1.38% | |
| Platinum | 2.37% | 2.74% | 0.17% | 2.46% | |
| Palladium | 10.21% | -7.85% | 0.20% | 10.00% | |
| Industrial Metals | Copper | 0.81% | 0.74% | 0.01% | 0.91% |
| Aluminum | 7.95% | 7.22% | 0.35% | 6.37% | |
| Zinc | 5.34% | 4.65% | 0.29% | 4.97% | |
| Lead | 5.55% | 4.85% | -0.11% | 2.40% | |
| Nickel | 1.01% | 0.98% | 0.05% | 2.74% | |
| Tin | 1.00% | 0.82% | 0.04% | -3.20% | |
| Agricultural Commodities | Corn | 7.95% | 7.22% | 0.63% | 43.46% |
| Wheat | 86.69% | 88.39% | 4.70% | 61.69% | |
| Soybeans | 8.75% | 8.33% | 0.43% | 11.34% | |
| Live Cattle | 1.24% | 7.23% | 1.80% | 4.80% | |
| Lean Hogs | 19.09% | -20.97% | 2.47% | 96.19% | |
| Soft Commodities | Coffee C | 14.07% | 17.26% | 0.73% | 31.09% |
| Cocoa | 23.20% | 13.84% | 0.33% | 11.65% | |
| Sugar #11 | -31.12% | -37.14% | -5.57% | -20.58% | |
| Cotton #2 | -8.92% | -13.89% | -4.89% | 13.97% |
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