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Weekly Chart Series
December 16, 2015
Avoiding Commodity Stocks
Was a Key to 2015
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Absolute returns for commodity stocks are the lowest since the financial crisis.
-60%
-40%
-20%
0%
20%
40%
60%
9/28/2007 9/28/2008 9/28/2009 9/28/2010 9/28/2011 9/28/2012 9/28/2013 9/28/2014 9/28/2015
Bloomberg Commodity Index - YoY PctChg
6/2/11
35.6%
8/26/15
-32.6%
6/5/12
-23.2%
6/5/10
-5.6%
10/1/12
8.0%
Source:DJ-UBS Commodities,JAG Capital Management
6/19/13
3.3%
6/26/14
-9.6%
11/20/13
-15.0%
3/11/09
-52.6%
7/2/08
42.8%
3/17/15
-28.1%
12/15/15
-28.7%
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Commodity returns compared to the S&P 500 are the worst seen for more than 2 decades.
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
1/2/1991 1/2/1994 1/2/1997 1/2/2000 1/2/2003 1/2/2006 1/2/2009 1/2/2012 1/2/2015
S&P 500 / Bloomberg Commodity Index
Source:Bloomberg,JAG Capital Management
2/22/99
11.69
3/10/03
3.86
7/2/08
2.66
8/22/11
3.50
7/12/94
3.98
12/15/15
13.07
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Energy is at an all-time low for this data series.
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1,000
1/2/1991 1/2/1994 1/2/1997 1/2/2000 1/2/2003 1/2/2006 1/2/2009 1/2/2012 1/2/2015
Bloomberg Commodity Index: Energy
Source:Bloomberg,JAG Capital Management9/29/05
919.53
1/18/07
385.90
7/3/08
842.56
2/18/09
201.96
2/16/99
77.94
12/15/15
67.81
4/29/11
265.63
BegDate EndDate Energy
2/16/1999 9/29/2005 45.2%
9/29/2005 1/18/2007 -48.6%
1/18/2007 7/3/2008 70.9%
7/3/2008 2/18/2009 -76.0%
2/18/2009 4/29/2011 13.4%
4/29/2011 12/15/2015 -25.6%
2/16/1999 12/15/2015 -0.8%
Annualized Return
Source: Bloomberg, JAG Capital
Management
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Persistently high inventories have a part in preventing recovery.
250,000
300,000
350,000
400,000
450,000
500,000
8/20/1982 8/20/1987 8/20/1992 8/20/1997 8/20/2002 8/20/2007 8/20/2012 8/20/2017
Weekly U.S. Crude Oil Ending Stocks Ex. SPR (Thousands of Barrels)
12/11/15
490,657
4/25/14
399,3577/27/90
391,907
Source:EIA, JAG Capital Management 1/23/04
263,666
4/24/15
490,912
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