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Predicting the MarketsChapter 11 Charts:

Predicting CommoditiesYardeni Research, Inc.

September 10, 2021

Dr. Edward YardeniChief Investment Strategist

Mali QuintanaSenior Economist

[email protected]

Please visit our sites atwww.yardeni.comblog.yardeni.com

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Source: Commodity Research Bureau.

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* Value added basis.** Includes hides, tallow, copper scrap, lead scrap, steel scrap, zinc, tin, burlap, cotton, print cloth, wool tops, rosin, rubber, hogs, steers, lard, butter,

soybean oil, cocoa, corn, Kansas City wheat, Minneapolis wheat, and sugar.Source: Commodity Research Bureau and Haver Analytics.

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* Value added basis.** Nearby futures contract.

Source: Haver Analytics.

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* Includes copper scrap, lead scrap, steel scrap, tin, zinc, burlap, cotton, print cloth, wool tops, hides, rosin, rubber, and tallow.** Nearby futures contract.

Source: Commodity Research Bureau and Haver Analytics.

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Source: Commodity Research Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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* Time-weighted average of consensus estimates for the current year and next year.** CRB raw industrials spot price index (weekly average) divided by weekly initial unemployment claims, showing four-week moving average.

Source: Commodity Research Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

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Health Care (41.4)Financials (92.6)

Information Technology (145.4)

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** Includes copper scrap, lead scrap, steel scrap, tin, zinc, burlap, cotton, print cloth, wool tops, hides, rosin, rubber, and tallow.Source: MSCI and Commodity Research Bureau.

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Brent Crude Oil Futures Price*(dollars per barrel)

* Nearby futures price.Source: Standard & Poor’s and the Financial Times.

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Source: Commodity Research Bureau and Haver Analytics.

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Source: Standard & Poor’s and Haver Analytics.

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