The Yield Curve & The Minerals (18/04/08)

I am posting here at the end of each week the type of the yield curve (steep,normal or inverted), at the close of the Market, and the variation over the last day of the minerals price.

The Yield Curve is Steep

According to my research (Commodities and Interest Rates) minerals should be going down.

Energy (1/3 of the portfolio)

• Crude Oil: 116.690 +1.830 +1.59%

Precious Metals (1/3 of the portfolio)

With High Industrial Value (1/6 of the portfolio):

• Palladium: 459.00 +0.00 +0.00%
• Platinum: 2053.00 +1.00 +0.05%
• Rhodium: 9035.00 +0.00 +0.00%

With Low Industrial Value (1/6 of the portfolio):

• Gold: 915.200 -27.700 -2.94%
• Silver: 17.820 -0.485 -2.65%

Base Metals (1/3 of the portfolio)

• Copper: 8635.250 -42.000 -0.48%
• Zinc: 2.259.500 -31.750 -1.39%
• Nickel: 28668.00 -452.00 -1.55%
• Aluminum: 3044.250 +15.750 +0.52%
• Lead: 2827.000 +25.500 0.91%