by Scott Mathews | Mar 26, 2020 | Commodities, Weather
Cocoa prices soared last winter on hot, dry weather in west Africa and strong global demand but since then has collapsed due to CoronaVirus and rains in west Africa. Back in December, I alerted clients to a strong west African Harmattan wind. It had the potential to...
by Scott Mathews | Mar 18, 2020 | Commodities
It all depends on how you look at price. Based on the London gold “afternoon fix” the all time high was on September 5th and 6th (both days) in 2011. That price was $1,896. In the recent run up, the highest London p.m. fix was $1,683.65 on March 6, 2020. When the...
by Scott Mathews | Mar 21, 2018 | Climatech, Commodities, Energy, Forecast, Global Warming, Gold Member, Members, Premium, Silver Member
EUROPE’S BEAST FROM THE EAST The warming Arctic this winter has resulted in incredibly cold weather in parts of Europe and Northeast Asia. Another symptom has been unusual March snowstorms in the Northeast U.S., the likes of which are unprecedented. Although four...
by Scott Mathews | Feb 5, 2018 | Commodities, Energy, Gold Member, Markets, Members, Premium, Silver Member, Weather
Best Weather is pleased to welcome our guest blogger, Scott Mathews, who tells us about weather’s role in economic events. Credits for narrative and graphic content appear at the end of this blog, below. 1857 – How a hurricane contributed to an economic panic...
by Scott Mathews | Dec 27, 2017 | Climate, Environment, Global Warming, Gold Member, Members, Premium, Silver Member
The title may sound like the first line of a joke, but this is about the environment. Environmental Destruction is No Joke The following brief dissertation is not a joke, but there is a joker in the narrative. See if you can spot him. Theodore Roosevelt: President of...
