Effective use of fundamental data and futures prices is crucial for trading and research desks at major investment banks. Margins in commodity markets have been shrinking over the past five years. The Fundamental Analytics research platform provides unique tools that help you to interpret historical trends effectively, allowing you to anticipate changes in markets that could improve returns. The platform offers institutional users the ability to easily retrieve and plot fundamental data as well as price data, impacting your own and your clients’ understanding of macro and technical issues that affect price direction and price volatility.

Fundamental Analytics offers quick and easy access to fundamental Department of Energy charts and tables available within seconds of the DOE data release. Oil/energy analysts can quickly and easily create energy futures spreads as well as refined products crack spreads. The futures spreads can be easily compared to fundamental DOE data to analyze the fundamental data’s impact on futures or futures spreads.

Commodities offer greater and uncorrelated diversification to portfolios. Moreover, the fact that commodities include both gold and black gold (oil) adds a kind of anchor in portfolio management. Commodities are poised for an upswing given current trends. By using Fundamental Analytics, investment advisers with the help of our team (if needed) can advise and assist clients in lowering risks and potentially increasing their portfolios’ returns.

Fundamental Analytics is not just a tool for industry giants and traders; in fact, we are excited to work with agricultural producers nationwide, providing you the tools and analysis needed to make informed decisions about when to market your products. This includes corn, cattle, poultry farmers, and many more.

Using the features on Fundamental Analytics, companies dependent on commodities as a significant part of the supply chain (whether that is cheese for pizza restaurants, ethanol needed in a farm, or coffee for coffee chains) can analyze trends and choose the best time to purchase major supplies. We work to provide our customers with analysis so you can make the most informed choices and improve your bottom line.

If your company exports abroad or has suppliers from other countries, and you are paid in foreign currency, using the FOREX module in Fundamental Analytics could help you save money when you need to convert foreign currency back to dollars. We provide you with the tools and analysis to make the right decisions at the right time.