Investor demand and spot commodity prices: Reply 2

John Tilton (), David Humphreys and Marian Radetzki

Resources Policy, 2012, vol. 37, issue 3, 403-404

Abstract: This, our second reply to Östensson, supplements our earlier more technical analysis with a simple intuitive explanation of how investor demand can be driving commodity prices higher even when investor stocks are falling.

Keywords: Commodity prices; Investor demand and stocks; Speculation; Strong and weak contango; Spot and futures markets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G12 L7 Q00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2012.03.003

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