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Monday 8th February 2010
- Fortis Bank Nederland/VM Group Precious Metal Investment Weekly - 8th February 2010
The Fortis Bank Nederland/VM Group Precious Metal Investment Weekly follows key trends in the major futures markets and exchange-traded funds for all four precious metals.
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Tuesday 1st February 2010
- Fortis Bank Nederland Bank/VM Group Agricommodity Monthly January | Press release
The January issue of the Fortis Bank Nederland/VM Group Agricommodity Monthly report begins with an in-depth look at the outlook for cocoa. We estimate the 2009-2010 season will see a global production deficit of 170,000t. Moreover, in our first, tentative estimate for the 2010-2011 season, we see another, albeit smaller, deficit, of 48,000t.
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- Fortis Bank Nederland/VM Group Precious Metal Investment Weekly - 1st February 2010
The Fortis Bank Nederland/VM Group Precious Metal Investment Weekly follows key trends in the major futures markets and exchange-traded funds for all four precious metals.
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Friday 29th January 2010
- Fortis Nederland/VM Group Metals Monthly January | Press release
VM Group in partnership Fortis Bank Nederland today publishes the January 2010 edition of Metals Monthly, which each month will report on and analyse developments within the global markets for precious and base metals'` markets and steel. Each report contains our updated price forecasts and analyses of supply and demand for each metal, as well as an examination of fund activity and a headline feature. In the January issue this feature casts the spotlight on the astonishing rise of metals' prices in 2009, and their performance during 2000-2009. We also give our estimates for likely eventual offtake of the US ETFS platinum and palladium products, launched on 8 January 2010.
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Tuesday 25th January 2010
- Fortis Nederland/VM Group Renewable Energy/Carbon Monthly January | Press release
VM Group in partnership Fortis Bank Nederland today publishes the January 2010 edition of The Renewable Energy/Carbon Monthly, which reports on and analyses key developments in the global markets for renewable energy and carbon trading. As well as keeping readers up to date with news and views on these growing markets, the report each month carries a feature that gives an incisive in-depth analysis of a particular event. In January we look at the latest round of licensing for offshore wind power in the UK, in which although around $122bn is likely to be invested during the construction phase of the world's biggest wind power scheme, the bulk of these licenses are going to non-UK companies.
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- Fortis Bank Nederland Bank/VM Group Energy Monthly January | Press release
VM Group in partnership Fortis Bank Nederland today publishes the January edition of The Energy Monthly, which each month will report on and analyse the key developments in the main global energy markets. As well as covering the most important news, each month will carry a feature that examines more deeply a topical issue in energy. This month, we highlight the failure of the EU to act with a common front when it comes to energy policy, and argue that this gives the EU's biggest external energy supplier - Russia - the upper hand, and that this threatens to pose long-term problems.
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- Fortis Bank Nederland/VM Group Precious Metal Investment Weekly - 25th January 2010
The Fortis Bank Nederland/VM Group Precious Metal Investment Weekly follows key trends in the major futures markets and exchange-traded funds for all four precious metals.
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Tuesday 18th January 2010
- Fortis Bank Nederland/VM Group Precious Metal Investment Weekly - 18th January 2010
The Fortis Bank Nederland/VM Group Precious Metal Investment Weekly follows key trends in the major futures markets and exchange-traded funds for all four precious metals.
For back issues and background information on the report, click here.
Tuesday 11th January 2010
- Fortis Bank Nederland/VM Group Precious Metal Investment Weekly - 11th January 2010
The Fortis Bank Nederland/VM Group Precious Metal Investment Weekly follows key trends in the major futures markets and exchange-traded funds for all four precious metals.
For back issues and background information on the report, click here.
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