Commodity stocks are moving in line with the prices of raw materials. Higher commodity prices are feeding through to earnings.
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HITOSHI YAMAMOTO Commodity prices are going to go higher. We're not going to see a lot of the economic benefit of the...
G. LOGAN JORDAN The Canadian dollar is seen as a commodity currency and metal prices have been going up across the b...
TOM VOSA It looks like the economy picked up in the second quarter. The leap higher in commodity prices is he...
ANDREW HANLAN We are in a period of increased volatility in resource stocks, mainly because commodity prices are a...
ADAM DIXON We think the best years of commodity prices are probably behind us.
CHARLES SHIOLENO When commodity prices and energy prices weaken, technology stocks usually pick up the leadership and...
PAUL MENDELSOHN If raw materials pick up again, of course we have to go back to product prices. But if raw material ...
MATTHIAS ZACHERT We had low commodity prices for almost 20 years. I think we're going to have high commodity prices f...
IAN TELFER If global oil prices or commodity prices are high, then it is bound to create inflation. So, we shou...
ADI GODREJ Growth, geopolitical risk and potentially higher energy prices point to the possibility of another r...
JACK MALVEY The market is short-term oriented, so even a small rise in commodity prices drives the market as pot...
GLENN MACNEILL There's enough value left in resources stocks to remain optimistic. Commodity prices are locked in o...
DON HAMSON If commodity prices are no longer going up then food prices in the grocery store will no longer go u...
MATT MARTIN What we're waiting to see is whether the increase in commodity prices will sift through into core in...
WILLIAM FITZGERALD Stocks have been losing steam as a result of higher rates and higher energy prices. We could see a c...
CARL BIRKELBACH It's a positive environment for Canadian stocks right now. We seem to be going into an extended cycl...
GREG ECKEL All indicators are pointing to strong economic growth. That's got people excited, especially in an e...
LARRY PERUZZI Any commodity that sees its price going higher will see new mines opening up. When the supply increa...
GAUTAM ADANI A commodity producer should be comfortable being exposed to prices.
HAROLD HAMM Inflation is the wild card for 2006, with rising oil prices, an increase in commodity prices, slow p...
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DAVID MEGER While earnings are strong and commodity prices are firming, I think if you look at the big picture, ...
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MARK AARON The prices of raw materials do not fluctuate directly with the labour cost of producing them.
CHARLES E. WILSON People want producing assets to take advantage of the high commodity prices. You may be seeing a bit...
GREG ECKEL Compounding the problem is that commodity prices are pretty ordinary at the moment, and this is not ...
GREG SCHULZ I'm not hearing people talk about commodities shares being good value any more. Rising costs and a s...
ANGUS GLUSKIE With commodity prices up strongly, and with the likelihood of the resources boom persisting for many...
STEPHEN ROBERTS Declines in commodity prices may cause investors to take a step back from shares of related supplier...
KOICHI SEKI We have not been willing to believe that the spike we'd seen in commodity prices was permanent.
BILL NYGREN The fact the rand is firming has to do with the general trend with supportive commodity prices -- al...
ABAH OFON We are quite dependent on decent earnings coming through to push this market much higher. With oil p...
BEN ROGOFF We've seen a recovery in gold and crude oil prices that has supported the commodity currencies.
LINDA JESPERSEN If there is blip in production costs or commodity prices, that's another thing, ... But right now, i...
KAREN SACK It's clear that we've seen some pass-through of raw materials costs to producer prices, but retail i...
HASEEB AHMED Farmers have responded to escalating fertilizer prices and low commodity prices by delaying purchase...
BRIAN HAYWARD The currency is likely to be guided movements in commodity prices as there's no market moving data l...
LEE NAISBITT If we saw a milder winter, or a reduction in energy prices and commodity prices, that will certainly...
LARRY PERUZZI I think the market's come to realize that economic growth in the U.S. is not threatened by higher oi...
LOUIS WONG The China growth story, which has been driving commodity prices, remains as strong as ever,
SHANE OLIVER Commodity prices are rising, quite dramatically for copper, tin and steel scrap. That would not happ...
JAMES PAULSEN Commodity prices look sustainable in the short term. Analysts are expecting spectacular results in t...
TIM BARKER The people who trade crude as a commodity know all this. The traders who move the New York futures p...
JOE SPARANO The market is speculating that slower growth in China, sufficient commodity supplies in the U.S. and...
BART MELEK We are in for higher prices than we had through the 1990s.
KURT BARROW We still think commodity prices are at their peak and will gradually come off, but we've just pushed...
JARROD KERR Commodity prices continue rising unabated, they are not showing signs of any weakening. Apart from t...
MARTIN HENNECKE Overbuying of China stocks was obvious in the last two weeks. Investors are taking profits gradually...
CASTOR PANG The global imbalance, the soft monetary policy of the G7, has led to greater liquidity in the world ...
EVGENY GAVRILENKOV While the damages caused by the hurricanes continued to affect raw materials and energy prices throu...
BILL LOWE We have some inflation at the pipeline level, rising commodity prices, crude, material prices, thing...
CHARLES REINHARD Short-term benefits from a surge in demand and higher selling prices are likely to be offset by high...
LISA WRIGHT With the commodity prices easing, especially oil and natural gas, the expectation is that the Canadi...
CAROLYN KWAN The global imbalance, the soft monetary policy of the G-7, has led to greater liquidity in the world...
EVGENY GAVRILENKOV We had higher oil prices, higher gold prices, higher copper prices and even a higher Dow (Jones inde...
ANGUS GEDDES A backdrop of monetary tightening, high commodity prices, robust productivity growth and buoyant act...
ALBERTO RAMOS There's a lot evidence pointing to stronger job data and the risks are definitely on the upside. Ele...
INDRAJIT ADVANI Prices are back on track. The stock market fell back Monday in a technical adjustment after some sto...
CARLOS LUPINI The rand, as a commodity-based currency, should benefit from the surge in precious metals' prices as...
MONALE RATSOMA We'll be watching the commodity prices again for the next little while in terms of direction for the...
CAROLYN KWAN It's difficult to pinpoint the move on any one thing at this point, but with the commodity prices co...
CAROLYN KWAN Higher oil prices will drive up sentiment for oil stocks.
SALLY YEO There's a risk of weakness in the Australian dollar in the next couple of days. Any decline in commo...
JOHN HORNER There's a risk of weakness in the Australian dollar in the next couple of days, ... Any decline in c...
JOHN HORNER Rising business investment may have boosted demand for imported goods and stalled a further improvem...
JOSEPH CAPURSO Every article is carved by hand, so prices depend on both the raw materials and the workmanship.
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ATUL LELE Just being able to trade financial commodities is a serious limitation because financial commodities...
BLYTHE MASTERS It's been an impressive start to the year, the strength has been amazing. The strong commodity price...
ION DE VLEESCHAUWER While the rise in core prices is a bit uncomfortably high, this stand-alone report is not evidence t...
SHERRY COOPER Higher energy prices have taken their toll of hopes for top-line growth. 'Cost-cutting' as a driver ...
DAVID BOWERS Moves in oil prices are prompting people to sell energy stocks.
JUNICHI MINAMI The dollar's strength and the bond market's weakness right now is changing the way people are seeing...
PETER GREEN Every negative development in the oil price slams the energy stocks. Oil companies are increasingly ...
JAN LEROY We expect the company to continue benefiting from high commodity prices and generate sufficient cash...
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DON DRUMMOND We're fortunate that we live in a state that's deregulated because when the price of the commodity g...
HEATHER HEDRICK It is a catch-22 situation. On the one hand, prices are falling due to low grade of the commodity, o...
ALOK RANJAN Concerns over (higher energy prices) feeding into higher wages have so far not materialized, which h...
MICHAEL PENN You'd think higher energy would put a lid on stocks, but the market's going up. People seem to be mo...
BOB BASEL Despite oft-mentioned concerns about higher energy and commodity prices, a lower growth rate for con...
DONALD A. NORMAN Also the good news out of Asia is continuing to push other resources stocks higher, metals prices ar...
KATE WARNE A lot of those commodity stocks are pretty reasonably priced and we would continue to see gains in t...
PETER WRIGHT Oil and natural gas prices, as well as heating oil costs, are much higher than they were a year ago,...
ED MARAN The companies are profiting from these higher prices. This is becoming a familiar picture among ener...
EDWIN SLAGHEKKE People are focusing on the impact of higher energy prices on the consumer instead of focusing on the...
DREW MATUS Despite the lofty gains in the Australian dollar, commodity prices have meant it now looks undervalu...
CRAIG FERGUSON Standard & Poor's does not expect major margin improvement in fiscal 2006 for the larger players. Ev...
RONALD NEYSMITH If the Fed ceases hiking, against the backdrop of still rising commodity prices, then the Australian...
CRAIG FERGUSON Earnings have grown much more than stock prices. I would be a broad buyer of stocks for the next yea...
TONY DWYER Consumers, with higher energy prices and higher interest rates, are going to have cut back somewhere...
ESMAEL ADIBI The scramble by resource companies to boost capacity to meet world demand and take advantage of reco...
ANDREW HANLAN We'd like to know why prices are not declining in line with the national average.
CATHERINE ROSSI We'd like to know why prices are not declining in line with the national average.
CATHERINE L. ROSSI Earnings are good. We need energy prices globally to come down.
JOSEPH QUINLAN Because of that, the prices have been extremely high. It's safe to say that prices are much higher t...
MARK SHIRLEY The prices are much higher this year, as more people are in need ... the demand is higher.
JOSEPH KUPPENS Earnings estimates are factoring in generous prices and in the second half of the year comparisons a...
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