Category: energy

May 18

Chinese Trader Who Made $1.5 Billion on Gold Builds a Giant Bet on Copper

He accelerated his purchases from early January, for his own investment and with managed funds, with Zhongcai holdings reaching a peak near 40,000 lots, or 200,000 tons of the metal, in early April, before Trump began his escalation of tariffs, exchange data shows. He later moved some of the brokerage’s positions to CME Group’s Comex, to capture US turbulence, […]
May 18

RBA Poised for ‘Hawkish Cut’ as US-China Reprieve Boosts Outlook

Since the RBA’s March 31-April 1 meeting, data showed hotter-than-expected inflation, a surprise acceleration in wages and a tight job market. That suggests the RBA has “no reason to give any additional encouragement to the market’s rate cut hopes,” said Sean Keane, chief Asia Pacific strategist for JB Drax Honore, referring to pricing for two […]