The CRB Encyclopedia of Commodity and Financial Prices (CRB Encyclopedia of Commodity & Financial Prices) [Hardcover]

An up–to–date reference on commodity and financial prices

The Second Edition of The CRB Encyclopedia of Commodity and Financial Prices gives readers a wealth of authoritative data covering all the major commodity and financial sectors compiled by the Commodity Research Bureau. Sectors covered include stock market indexes, interest rates, currencies, commodity indexes, energy, metals, grains and oilseeds, meats, and foods and fibers. This guide also includes multiple price charts (10– and 20–year) for each commodity discussed (including all agriculturals and financials) and provides an in–depth record of the market activity of futures, plus international markets. And the companion CD–ROM allows readers to fully customize the price charts within this book.

Commodity Research Bureau (Chicago, IL) is the country′s largest resource for financial statistics, historical data, and charting services on international and domestic commodity movements. They make their information available online, on CD–ROM, and through newsletters and charting services. The company is regarded as the leading source of information on international and domestic commodity markets.

No other source provides the long–term perspective of The CRB Encyclopedia of Commodity and Financial Prices. This book contains a wealth of authoritative data, all compiled by the Commodity Research Bureau (CRB)–the organization of record for the entire commodity industry. The Encyclopedia is essential for anyone who needs commodity and financial charts, analysis, and data in one quick and easy–to–use reference book.

This Second Edition contains:

• Long–Term Price Charts—A complete array of long–term price charts are included for all the major commodity and financial markets, including energy, grains and oilseeds, foods and fibers, meats, commodity indexes, U.S. stock indexes, U.S. interest rates, and currencies. Long–term historical price charts go back more than eighty years, and there are charts for most markets shown on an inflation–adjusted basis as well, providing a unique perspective.

• The History of the Commodity and Financial Markets—A brief written history is included for each major commodity and financial market sector, providing easy–to–understand background information on why the markets moved in the past and illuminating the factors that are likely to move the markets in the future. Also included is an annotated list of the key world and market events that have driven the commodity and financial markets over the decades.

• Data on CD–ROM—A companion CD–ROM is included containing comprehensive commodity and financial price data history that, by itself, could be prohibitively expensive to obtain separately from other sources. Many of the long–term data series are not available from any source other than CRB. The CD–ROM allows you to view and customize the price charts within the book as well as view or export data for use with your own analysis programs.

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