Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Genco CFO on Baltic Dry Index Volatility, Chart

Interview with Genco CFO John Wobensmith on Bloomberg News on the Baltic Dry Index. The BDI has been in a downtrend since June. When will there be a Baltic Dry Index ETF, ETN?
"I think that the dry bulk industry has turned the corner... What has really made the dry bulk industry come off of those lows is all the spending that has been going on in China. The stimulus spending, the increased loans and the increased steel industry which has been driving the iron ore imports. What we've also been seeing are coal imports going into China, increased coal imports going into India as well as Japan. So we are now starting to see just the beginnings of those recoveries, and we think towards the end of the year you'll start to see iron ore import numbers increase as well..."



 
 
Baltic Dry Indices: Cape, Panamax, Supramax (DryShips Inc.)

Also see: Charts: Copper, BHP, Shanghai Index and Baltic Dry Index (Aug 16)




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