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Article: How commodity markets fit business cycle patterns.
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- Futures (Cedar Falls, IA)
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- December 1, 1989
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How commodity markets fit business cycle patterns
Using models linking markets to the economy for day-to-day trading may be like using a map of North America to travel across Rhode Island.
But, in some cases, good working knowledge of how investments in various markets fare over the business cycle - the periodic movement from economic boom to bust - might be the only guide available to position yourself in a given market.
Many analysts have formulated generalizations about the business cycle's effect on the markets, but few have been as specific as Martin Pring, the chairman of Pring-Turner Capital Group in Connecticut. While it would be an ...