Trump Infrastructure Plan May Dwarf Obama's And That Could Boost Metals

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Mark Melin
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The markets may have “Trumped up” a rally, notes Barclays commodity analyst Dane Davis. He warns Trump rally participants not to get too excited. Sometimes you can get too much of what you want, and for the industrial metals market Trump needs to get the execution formula just right. Overall, however, the potential for a $1 trillion infrastructure spend — much of it privately financed — is leading to Barclays raising their price forecasts in key metals markets. Industrial metals outlook improves Recently the fundamental outlook for industrial metals has improved. In large part this is based on anticipated lower US…

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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.