Goldman Sachs, which accurately forecast the consequences of a higher U.S. dollar on multinational earnings in October of 2014 – an issue now being felt in 2015 earnings season – looks into its rather logical crystal ball and connects the dots once again, this time focusing on commodity deflation. The deflationary trend is not over until its over The deflationary trend in metals isn’t going to end right now, a report released last Friday said. And one root cause of the deflationary boogie man is the U.S. dollar. In the report, titled “Mining’s ‘new normal’ – China slower, costs lower,” the…
Goldman Makes Key Connection With Dollar And Commodity Deflation
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.