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FIS CASTAWAY – EPISODE 18

This week geopolitics takes centre stage as the team discuss escalating China-US tensions weighing on markets, along with outlining current market trends in all of FIS’s markets.     Available now on the FIS website (www.freightinvestorservices.com/media )   Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/7yMLsm5s8tLtrCQr7bG8wD?si=FW6Rvj9HRjClAx3vRjq8iw   And Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/fis-castaway/id1507094242  Disclaimer: This podcast is a marketing communication and is not based upon detailed analysis …

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Capesize rates brace for sharp rebound amid new Covid-19 wave

It was a choppy day for the Capesize rates as some market participants were concerned over a new wave of Covid-19 that might delay vessel schedules. However, the paper market is expected to make a sharp rebound with front end futures nearly up by $2,000 on Wednesday, following by increase of $1,500 on Tuesday, especially …

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Oil Through the Looking Glass 28/7/20

*Brace for the Second Wave As the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, warns the country to start to prepare for a second wave of the virus after implementing quarantine measures on visitors from mainland Spain, so too the oil industry is warning of yet more disruption to come. Top US and European oil companies are …

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Capesize rates correct further on bearish outlook

Capesize rates resumed its correction phrases for the short week with Singapore on public holiday at Friday. The Capesize 5 time charter average then dropped further by $270 day-on-day to $17,014 on Monday, after a sluggish start of the short trading week. Likewise, the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) slipped 1.82% day-on-day to 1,293 readings on …

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