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CONTANGO Report Contango Report: Brent’s Roll Yields Double, Cocoa Moves Into Backwardation - Written by Sumit Roy |
- February 21, 2012
Contango Report: Brent’s Roll Yields Double, Cocoa Moves Into Backwardation
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Investors receive favorable returns from holding Brent and cocoa contracts.
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 February 17, 2012
Data courtesy IndexUniverse.com
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| Current Roll | Previous Week's Roll | Past Year Average Roll | Historical 02/17 5YR Annualized Roll | ||
| Energy | WTI | 5.18% | 7.36% | 0.43% | 34.15% |
| Brent | -8.37% | -4.12% | -0.52% | 10.08% | |
| HH Natural Gas | 87.10% | 137.43% | 2.13% | 19.60% | |
| Precious Metals | Gold | 0.91% | 0.07% | 0.10% | 0.79% |
| Silver | 1.45% | -0.18% | 0.06% | 1.58% | |
| Platinum | 0.34% | 0.43% | 0.18% | 0.09% | |
| Palladium | 1.00% | 0.74% | 0.22% | 1.61% | |
| Industrial Metals | Copper | 0.73% | 0.86% | 0.07% | 1.14% |
| Aluminum | 8.17% | 6.68% | 0.39% | 7.61% | |
| Zinc | 3.10% | 0.84% | 0.25% | 5.47% | |
| Lead | 5.86% | 4.72% | -0.02% | 1.87% | |
| Nickel | 1.64% | 1.92% | 0.05% | 2.22% | |
| Tin | 0.70% | 0.71% | 0.07% | -0.62% | |
| Agricultural Commodities | Corn | 3.32% | 3.61% | 0.40% | 13.33% |
| Wheat | 3.55% | 7.87% | 4.20% | 14.43% | |
| Soybeans | 3.00% | 4.22% | 0.43% | 4.65% | |
| Live Cattle | 11.22% | 14.58% | 1.27% | 18.36% | |
| Lean Hogs | 194.97% | 11.56% | 0.89% | 323.08% | |
| Soft Commodities | Coffee C | 7.10% | 6.00% | 0.94% | 9.63% |
| Cocoa | -10.55% | 1.40% | 0.97% | -3.79% | |
| Sugar #11 | -19.01% | -19.38% | -3.64% | -5.79% | |
| Cotton #2 | 8.14% | 9.99% | -3.59% | 8.28% |
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