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FIS Castaway – Eps.14 – Unprecedented Coverage in Unprecedented Times
What do Brazil, OPEC and China all have in common? They are the big driving factors in markets this week. Listen to commodity analysis of markets from Alex, Kerry and Chris from FIS. Freight Investor Services · Castaway – Ep 14 Disclaimer: freightinvestorservices.com/castaway-disclaimer/
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FIS CASTAWAY – EPISODE 13
This week the team talk $6 million dollar bail, Cape splits, and EU travel bans; all this is alongside our usual in depth analysis of the supply and demand factors affecting commodity market prices. Available now on the FIS website (www.freightinvestorservices.com/media ) Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/7yMLsm5s8tLtrCQr7bG8wD?si=FW6Rvj9HRjClAx3vRjq8iw And Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/fis-castaway/id1507094242
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Box Ships, Freight Planes and Other Volatile Exotic Animals. 24/06/20
Prices come into land, as passenger traffic starts to limp into flight Mid-June demand cuts have inevitably started to crash Asia Pacific pricing, with China to Europe shedding 47.54%, and China to USA down 30% since 1st June. Single-commodity support for prices is quickly evaporating as demand for medical personal protective equipment dissipates. Overall cargo demand…
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ShipShape: The Long and Winding Road
It is one of the best-known Beatles songs from their final studio album Let It Be, but it also encapsulates perfectly the challenge many commodity markets face as they begin to recover from the enormous disruption of Coronavirus.
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The Baltic Dry Index – ray of hope or footnote in history?
COVID-19 will haunt a generation. Be it from personal loss of friends or family members, loss of employment or the loss of an investment. With nearly 8 million cases worldwide the pandemic has shown no sign of slowing down. Global cases worldwide (source Bloomberg) Infection cases may continue to rise, creating further havoc…
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FIS Castaway – Eps.11 – Unprecedented Coverage in Unprecedented Times
This week the team talk about HSBC’s decision to back Hong Kong’s new security law, the peace index, and increasing problems for China’s Belt and road initiative. Then followed by our usual analysis of news and trends for the major markets here at FIS. Freight Investor Services · Castaway – Ep 11 CASTAWAY PODCAST DISCLAIMER
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Airfreight players struggle to stay on the right side of history
A new month, a new day, and whole host of cascading impacts as prices begin their long crash back to some semblance of normality.
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FIS Castaway – Eps.10 – Unprecedented Coverage in Unprecedented Times
This week on FIS Castaway the team are discussing Chinese diplomacy, the effects of the US protests, buoyant commodity and freight markets, and for our Random Market of the Week: Snowfall futures. Freight Investor Services · Castaway – Ep 10 CASTAWAY PODCAST DISCLAIMER
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Shine, shine, shine a light
We are seeing History in the making when the European Union announced its 750 billion- Euro ($824 billion) recovery package, aimed at boosting economic growth and creating a swathe of new jobs. The capital injection will have global financial markets breathing a sigh of relief, following the commitment from China at the Two Session to…
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FIS Castaway – Eps.9 – Unprecedented Coverage in Unprecedented Times
In Episode 9 of Castaway we have special guest Julie Arnold talking to us about power markets – especially the new emerging Japanese power market. We also have our regular news and commodity market reviews and a hot potato of a new random market of the week. Click on the link below to listen now!…
