The CRB Commodity Yearbook [With CDROM]

by Commodity Research Bureau

The Single Most Comprehensive Source of Commodity and Futures Market Information Available Since 1939, professional traders, commercial hedgers, portfolio managers, and speculators have come to regard The CRB Commodity Yearbook as the "bible" of the industry. Here is a wealth of authoritative data, gathered from government reports, private industry, and trade and industry associations, all compiled by the Commodity Research Bureau, the organization of record for the entire commodity industry. The Yearbook is absolutely essential for identifying changing trends in supply and demand and for projecting important price movements. It gives investors: Worldwide supply/demand and production/consumption data for all the basic commodities and futures markets-from A(luminum) to Z(inc), including all the major markets in interest rates, currencies, energy, and stock index futures Over 900 tables, graphs, and price charts of historical data, many of which show price history dating back to 1900 Fact-filled CD-ROM provides readers with valuable commodity information in an easy-to-use electronic format Concise introductory articles describe the salient features of each commodity and help put the quantitative information in perspective Articles on key markets and important issues concerning the commodity industry. The 2007 Yearbook features articles by CRB Chief Economist, Richard W. Asplund, including: Commodity Prices Extend 2001-06 Bull Market to New Highs Fed Engineers a Soft-Landing for the U.S. Economy in 2006 World Economic Expansion Continues Through 2006 U.S. Housing Bubble Bursts and Faces Long Recovery Road Strong Ethanol Demand Drives Corn Prices to 10-Year Highs For anyone dealing in commodities, The CRB Commodity Yearbook 2007 offers an abundance of valuable information and indispensable guidance for decision making.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470080159
• ISBN13: 9780470080153
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.7" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Necessary information for the trader

This book gives you the necessary information to understand the commodities in the market and why they trade as they do. Without this information you couldn't make informed trading decisions.

An Indispensable Resource

This book is the single most comprehensive source of commodity and futures market information available. Since 1939 traders, hedgers, portfolio managers, and speculators have relied on The CRB Commodity Yearbook to help them navigate the vagaries of the commodity markets. The Yearbook's depth renders it indispensable. It helps identify changing trends in supply and demand and for projecting important price movements. This edition provides covers more than 100 domestic and international commodities. It includes seasonal patterns and historical data from the past ten years as well as current monthly and annual pricing and trading patterns. The information is easy to access. Each commodity is introduced by a brief article, recent pricing trends and factors such as droughts, wars, diseases, or politics--that have influenced past prices. Data presented in over 900 tables, graphs, and price charts. They are clear. The companion CD-ROM provides the information in an electronic format. Some of the biggest stock moves I have had the good fortune to participate in have been leveraged by substantial moves in commodity prices. If we are in that type of market cycle, traders and investors cannot afford to be without this book.