The Truculent Twenties: As an unruly decade unfolds, the Baltic Dry Index quietly charts the course of a new commodity boom

If we were to identify the closest thing to a commodity boom seismograph, a tool to detect early signs of a disturbance in commodity markets, perhaps the Baltic Dry Index might be the thing. Like a violently-spiking seismograph readout, sharp wobbles in the Baltic Dry Index serve as a leading indicator of […]