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SIGNALS
As tempting as it is to include Brexit in the
headline, Brexit is not the headline, as it is
the response to Brexit that is the real head-
line. The knee jerk slide of the markets was
a very rational response to the vote. In typi-
cal fashion, the markets oversold the rumor
leading up to the vote, and overbought the
facts in the days following the vote. In ra-
tional fashion the markets rebounded as the
“dust
settled”,
so to
speak,
but in an
irrational
fashion
global
markets
have
mostly
shaken
off the
news.
Gold and silver have been jumping on a
flight to safety, energy supply and demand
are looking for balance, agriculture futures
have mostly been down on excellent growing
conditions, bonds have been increasing in
value on lower yield, and equites have re-
covered post Brexit losses. While the world
economy has another earthquake that puts
yet another crack in the foundation; tantamount to a
game of “Jenga”, any time the foundations weakens,
the tower gets a bit more wobbly and precarious. The
issue is that the world market is putting its head in
the sand and turning a blind eye as central banks
look for magic pills to fix our economic hangover. But,
like in Jenga, the longer the duration of the game, the
harder the tower comes crashing down when the
foundation finally fails.
The Brexit,
in and of
itself, may
not end up
being that
big of an
issue to
European
trade, but
what the
vote tells
us that
throngs of
the social demographics are not as economically
pleased as the markets are telling us that they
should be. Here in America, with the Dow around
18k, the NASDAQ pushing 5k, and the S&P at 2,100-
it would seem that things are great for business.
America is a conglomeration-a vast melting pot,-and
in this small world we live, Europe, China, Japan, and
the rest of the world economy are all wooden blocks
in our Jenga economy.
HEAD IN THE SAND
I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :
Head in Sand Cont. 2
Precious Metals 3
Crude Oil 4
Natural Gas 5
About EQS 6
Terms and Disclosures 7
E Q S T R A D E R E C O M M E N D A T I O N S
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Volume 2, Issue 5 July 25, 2016
An EQS Publication on the Commodity Markets
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Commodity SymbolCurrent
PositionEntry Date Entry Price Stoploss MTD Return YTD Return
Average 10-Year
Annual Return
Sharpe
Ratio
WTI Crude Oil CLU16 NA NA NA NA -4.97% 25.49% 36.53% 1.49
Brent Crude Oil EBX16 NA NA NA NA 14.21% 57.06% 43.29% 1.00
Diesel HOQ16 NA NA NA NA -6.09% 16.16% 33.94% 1.59
Gasoline RBQ16 NA NA NA NA 12.59% 18.42% 45.02% 0.94
Natural Gas NGQ16 Long 4/21/2016 2.069$ 2.50% 0.33% 16.32% 68.89% 1.48
Gold GCQ16 Long 6/15/2016 1,294.10$ 1.00% -0.96% 3.99% 28.02% 2.06
Silver SIU16 Long 7/12/2016 20.38$ 1.75% -12.36% -31.57% 60.21% 0.98
This performance is simulated using corresponding stop loss recommendations. No leverage used on these results.
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Uncertainty is fear, and fear translates into volatility. Markets hate uncertainty; Brexit is now a veritable
certainty, and in typical fashion since the vote happened and the four horses of the apocalypse did not
come riding in, the world has largely kicked the can down the road and celebrated it as a victory for swaths
of cheap money from central banks. In a twist of fate, the UK, France and Germany’s fears are creating just
the right amount of fear to keep the printing press going, driving down bond yields, and prices inequities.
The only real losers so far
have been big banks. All
twenty of the world’s big-
gest banks are down this
year, and according the
Wall Street Journal, the
top 20 banks have lost
$500,000,000,000 in
market cap so far this
year. It is not like this
happened generations
ago and time has healed
all wounds, we just went
through a banking crisis
and it not only shook the
foundation of the Ameri-
can economy, but the
world. Bank losses are
caused by real people, and real companies that have real issues. If banks are losing, that is a wakeup call.
Brexit should be a wakeup call. Wakeup! The world economy has real issues that need to be fixed-not re-
paired, but fixed!
Though economics is conventionally considered a “science,” it is in many respects, an art. The science part
of economics is more of a “science experiment.” With every shake of the foundation, and every block that
is removed from the Jenga tower, the question becomes ‘how long can the game be played?’ It is not sci-
ence; it is physics that tells us that, ‘what goes up must come down’. What the Brexit vote told the world is
that the people are restless.
Markets may appear to be healthy, but
the market is made up of people; people
are not healthy. Another topic that has
been reported on time, and time again is
jobs. The jobs report continues to show
that it is low wage jobs in the service
economy that is driving growth. As jobs
and markets become top heavy, people
get restless. Akin to Jenga, when the
tower gets top heavy, the tower falls.
Tower can be saved though. Europe
needs to look no further than the Lean-
ing Tower of Pisa as a reminder of how to
make the best situation out of a comedy of errors.
It is not all doom and gloom. For now, central banks are
keeping the gears greased and the ship sailing full steam
ahead. Brexit is not the end of the world. Europe has
been around for thousands of years and is not going
anywhere. However, the UK is the canary in the coal
mine. The world needs to wake up and take Brexit as a
signal that things need to change before the tower falls
over.
HE AD I N T HE SA N D (C O NTI N U E D )
According the Wall Street
Journal, the top 20 banks have
lost $500,000,000,000 in market cap so
far this year.
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On June 23rd, the UK electorate voted in favor of Brexit, sending shock waves across the global
financial markets. Just prior to the vote, precious metals prices seemed to be on a downward
trajectory but then after Brexit was announced, prices roared back with a vengeance. Gold be-
came the market’s safety net, trading up to $1374.9/ounce, its highest level in more than two
years and the highest point so far this year. The British pound plunged by 12% on an intra-day
basis when the leave outcome was announced to its lowest level in more than thirty years. The
Brexit news and associated uncertainty have sparked a fresh surge in demand for precious met-
als. Since, then, the market has recovered all of its losses.
So, this begs the
question — is Brex-
it good or bad for
the global econo-
my? On the one
hand, embracing
the free market,
establishing itself
as a truly inde-
pendent nation,
and getting rid of
the EU red tape
could benefit Brit-
ain. After all, Brit-
ain could set its
own trade rules and it would see an immediate cost savings as it would no longer contribute to
the EU budget. However, its harder to determine whether the financial advantages of EU mem-
bership, such as free trade and inward investment, outweigh the upfront costs. The EU is a sin-
gle market in which no tariffs are imposed on imports and exports between member states and
because almost half of Britain’s exports go to Europe, access to the single market is vital for the
health of its economy. Furthermore, the EU is currently negotiating with the US to create the
world’s biggest free trade area and Britain would be left out. In April 23rd, Barack Obama stood
alongside with David Cameron and said if Britain were to leave the EU and seek a trade deal with
America, it would find itself in the “back of the queue”. Therefore, outside the EU, Britain will be-
come a smaller, weaker negotiating partner. Finally, its logical to think that inward investment
will slow in the near term due to uncertainly of the outcome and its consequences.
Like mentioned on the cover story, the short-term effects of Brexit on the global economy have
translated into uncertainty and increased volatility. After selling off initially as a result of the Brex-
it vote, most financial markets have since rebounded as major central banks assured they would
provide liquidity and intervene as needed. The Bank of Japan is expected to deliver further easing
compared to the previous baseline and the Bank of England is expected to cut interest rates for
the first time in 7 years. Also nurturing markets was the US Fed’s dovish stance in not raising
raise in June and many analysts expect that
because of Brexit, no rate hikes are ex-
pected this year and only two in 2017.
Whether the implications of Brexit are local
or global will only become apparent in due
course but its clear that uncertainty will re-
main until negotiations divorcing Britain from
the EU are final.
Time will tell whether Brexit is good or bad,
but just in case the central banks don’t save
the day, gold can be your safety net as an
effective hedge against uncertainty.
PR E C I O U S M E TA L S—TH E M A R K E T S A F E T Y NE T
After the Brexit vote, gold became the market’s safety net, trading up to $1374.9/ounce, its
highest level in more than two
years
Bullish
Bullish Factors Dominate
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EQS became bullish on oil prices in February when oil was at $29.64/barrel and later took profits
on our long position in June at $48.85/barrel. We are currently neutral as many of the data
points we track illustrate a mixed picture regarding oil fundamentals and the global economy.
On the bullish side, recent US economic data has exceeded expectation of most Wall Street ana-lysts, which has consequently improved the demand outlook for oil. The Institute for Supply Man-
agement reported that in June the Index of manufacturer activity signaled the fourth straight month of expansion. The index jumped
to 53.2 from a low in January of 48.2, with 50 being the dividing line between contraction and expansion. Consumer confidence rose
and the housing market continued to be steady during the quarter. Globally, the picture is a bit more cloudy as the Global All-Industry
Output Index revealed the second quarter saw the slowest global economic growth since Q4 2012 as growth was anemic in the US
and India, stagnant in China with Japan and Brazil seeing further declines. Only Russia and the Eurozone saw relatively solid growth,
but with Brexit, now Europe is in question.
Looking at the fundamentals, oil inventories are still at relatively high levels, despite robust de-
mand. Typically this time of year, the market experiences large reductions in inventories as the summer driving and travel season kicks in full gear for the July 4th holidays. However, inventories
reductions have been modest and disappointed analysts expectations. The main reason is that the oil market has an unusually large amount off floating storage (i.e. oil tankers) that its having to
cope with simultaneously with healthy onshore storage. Storing oil is currently profitable because the forward structure of WTI and Brent are in Contango where the spot price is cheaper than pric-
es for future delivery. This is an indication that the market is oversupplied and traders can buy fill up storage and resell for higher prices later. This situation has been exacerbated because inter-
est rates are so low, oil traders can finance storage more so than in the past when rates were higher. So, when onshore storage began to approach high levels, oil firms began to store oil on
large tankers. Although low gasoline prices fueled a record number of Independence Day holiday motorists, putting millions more behind the wheel than on Memorial Day, according to AAA, the
demand was not enough to make a meaningful dent in onshore storage as the market also dealt
with offshore floating storage.
Global supply disruptions have offset some of the pain from high inventory levels. Unplanned global oil supply disruptions averaged more than 3.6 million barrels per day (b/d) in May 2016,
the highest monthly level recorded since EIA started tracking global disruptions in January 2011. From April to May, disruptions grew by 0.8 million b/d as increased outages, largely in Canada,
Nigeria, Iraq, and Libya, more than offset reduced outages in Kuwait, Brazil, and Ghana. In Cana-da, the evacuation of oil workers because of wildfires in Fort McMurray, Alberta, reduced Cana-
da's oil sands production and led to an average 0.8 million b/d supply disruption in May, with a daily disruption peak of more than 1.1 million b/d. In late May, workers began returning to the
area, and production is gradually restarting at a number of projects. In Nigeria, an escalation in militant attacks on oil and natural gas infrastructure led to a substantial increase in supply disrup-
tions in May, which averaged 0.8 million b/d, almost 0.3 million b/d higher than in April. In south-ern Iraq, power outages and inclement weather in the Basra Gulf contributed to a 50,000 b/d
increase to Iraq's supply disruption. In Libya, exports from Marsa al-Hariga, currently Libya's largest operat-
ing oil terminal, were temporarily halted from late-April to mid-May, increasing Libya's disruption by an average
of 50,000 b/d in May. Exports from the terminal re-sumed after the rival state oil companies signed a deal
to restart exports.
For every bullish indication, there seems to be a bear-
ish one and therefore EQS remains neutral. We will look for clues as Brexit unfolds, whether central banks
continue stimulus measures, and when production outages are resolved. Until then, we anticipate some
range bound action in black gold.
C RU D E O I L - -WA I T I N G FO R MA R K E T C LU E S
Unplanned global oil supply
disruptions are at the highest monthly level recorded since EIA started tracking global disruptions in
January 2011.
Neutral
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Summer is here and it’s getting hot and conse-
quently natural gas demand for power generation
is soaring to record levels. EQS mentioned in its
last publication that it was bullish on natural gas
and that “prices could rise substantially”. We
made our long recommendation in mid-April at
$2.069/MMBtu and since then prices rose to
$2.998/MMBtu by July 1, a rise of over 40%.
Since then, prices have moderated and seem to
be trading in range between $2.63 and $2.79/
MMBtu. As this time, EQS is still bullish on natural
gas and anticipates further upside in prices.
Technically, prices need to settle above the re-
sistance line seen in the weekly chart to justify
another substantial price move to the upside.
We discussed last time the major reason driving
our bullish thesis is the concept of economic sub-
stitution in that natural gas prices are currently
cheaper than the other substitute fossil fuels
used in power generation and typically when this
happens, the demand for natural gas picks up
and prices rise accordingly. US gas power de-
mand continues to hold near record levels, help-
ing limit storage injection to the second slowest
start in history. The U.S. Energy Information Ad-
ministration reported a modest 34-Bcf injection
into inventories for the week to July 15 that in-
creased the total working gas in storage to 3,277
Bcf. The small addition cut storage overhangs to
471 Bcf above the year-ago level and 559 Bcf
above the five-year average storage level of 2,718
Bcf, evidencing a tightening of the supply/demand
balance. The EIA said that for the review week to
July 20, demand from the power-generating sector
rose 4% from the previous week, helping to sup-
port a week-on-week gain in total U.S. natural gas
consumption of 2%. At the same time, natural
gas production at 80.0 Bcf/d was unchanged on
the week. Having said all this, storage is still at
healthy levels above the 5-year range and so mar-
ket participants are looking to weather for addi-
tional support to drive the contract price higher.
NAT U R AL GAS - - I T ’S GETT I N G HOT !
Currently above-average temperatures are ex-
pected in the East, South and West in both the
six- to 10-day and eight- to 14-day projections.
It is also important to note that without the
downturn in oil prices, the natural gas story
would not be near as constructive. It is the
combination of oil and gas price weakness
that has created the extreme pressure on
the onshore US producer group. Although
some wells are designated “oil wells”, they
might produce mostly oil but natural gas is
also produced. So even though the market
is oversupplied at times with natural gas, if
oil prices are high (like a couple years ago),
producers will keep producing oil at the
expense of natural gas. In some cases,
natural gas was flared as it was so abun-
dant it cost more to transport it to use rather
than dispose of it. However, now the market
dynamics are different now in that both oil and
natural gas rigs have declined in tandem so
natural gas supply has a fighting chance to
balance.
Although EQS remains bullish, we will watch for
a settle above $2.80 and then above the week-
ly resistance line to solidify the next significant
jump in prices.
US gas power demand continues to hold near record levels, helping limit storage injection to the second slowest
start in history.
Bullish
Bullish Factors Dominate
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