Our commodity market performance Oct 2024 – Apr 2025

commodity market performance

The past six months have witnessed extraordinary market turbulence in response to Trump’s tariffs, no more so than in recent days. At time of writing, the S&P has plunged 6% to one-year low a one amid market turmoil as the shellshock of global trade wars takes hold. Traditional investment approaches struggled to maintain stability – … Read more

10 applications of sector specific LLM market intelligence for financial decision-making

LLM market intelligence for financial services

This article explores the practical applications of our LLM market intelligence Sector Analysis feature on our Trading Co-Pilot for financial services. It is specifically aimed for portfolio managers, institutional traders, and investment strategists seeking concrete ways to enhance their decision-making processes using advanced AI technology. In today’s data-saturated financial markets, gaining actionable intelligence is more … Read more

Portfolio analysis: Uncovering cross-asset correlation shifts using our Trading Co-Pilot

portfolio analysis

*This article is for portfolio managers and analysts at multi-strategy investment funds and hedge funds and highlights how traditional asset correlations are breaking down, particularly in commodity markets, and how Permutable AI’s Trading Co-Pilot can help identify these changing relationships.  There is a broad consensus that traditional correlation patterns across asset classes are undergoing significant transformation. Here, … Read more

Navigating geopolitical risk exposure: A cross-asset analysis of current market sentiment

geopolitical risk exposure

In today’s turbulent global economy, we know that geopolitical risk exposure represents one of the most challenging variables for investors to quantify and manage. The real-time market sentiment data from our newly launched Geopolitical Insights & AI Market Sentiment Analysis Dashboard provides a fascinating window into how various asset classes are currently being positioned by market participants … Read more

8 use cases for our AI-powered trading insights in energy markets

AI-Powered Trading Insights in Energy Markets

Energy markets are becoming increasingly complex to navigate and as they continue to evolve, those who are able to stay ahead of increasingly volatile market dynamics will be, in our opinion, those who embrace AI-powered trading insights for energy markets. While the AI race continues to develop at a unprecedented rate – within energy markets … Read more

Market volatility: 7 ways AI-driven commodity intelligence is transforming risk management

commodity intelligence

Let’s start with the obvious challenge facing hedge funds and trading houses today – which is that of  unprecedented levels of market volatility.  In the current landscape, there is no doubting that traditional risk management approaches are struggling to keep pace with today’s rapidly evolving markets. With commodity markets that have never been more complex, … Read more

7 ways FX risk management impacts commodity trading success

In a world where commodity and currency markets are increasingly interlinked, managing FX exposure has become critical for trading firms. Today, the complexity of global markets demands a sophisticated approach to FX risk management that goes beyond traditional hedging strategies. Even before the most recent market turbulence, commodity firms were grappling with currency risk.  In this article we’ll … Read more

7 reasons why FX options trading is gaining traction amidst global market uncertainty

FX options trading

Today, there is a broad consensus that FX options trading has become the cornerstone of modern currency trading strategies. Overall, traded volumes in FX options have risen 58% year-on-year, according to the US Federal Reserve’s latest FX survey. Meanwhile, FX has become a thriving asset class for banks’ quantitative investment strategy. With markets experiencing unprecedented … Read more

AI in commodities trading: 6 powerful ways real-time data is changing the game

AI in commodities trading

A shift of historical significance is under way in the world of commodities trading. The integration of artificial intelligence is transforming how market analysis and risk management are approached, and how trading strategies are executed. Many of our readers may remember a time when commodities trading relied heavily on human intuition and manual data analysis. … Read more

The impact of extreme weather events on wheat prices in 2024

extreme weather events on wheat prices

Extreme weather events are driving agricultural prices higher, and one asset class which is particularly affected by this is wheat. Our data, as surfaced by our Trading Co-Pilot makes this abundantly clear and offers an insightful look at how extreme weather events across the globe can significantly influence wheat prices. By examining the events log … Read more