The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) gained another 45 points earlier on today and now reads 1,612 points – over and above the 1,600 point-threshold, thanks to the unprecedented Capes skyrise!…
The Market “euphoria” doesn’t have the anticipated continuity as some thought, particularly when the Capers had a minus six points today given its 271, 154, 111 and 173 points daily…
With another 16 points plus earlier on today since last Friday’s closing, the BDI (Baltic Dry Index) at 555 is trying to maintain a level of fewer losses given that…
With five points plus since yesterday the BDI at 414 freezes everything for until 2020! This is a very extreme, but orthologistic projection, given the current state of global affairs,…
Despite the plus three and the 24 points since last week (BDI@291) the Baltic Dry Index standing today at 315 gives you the picture of the actual situation prevailing in…
Mid-week BDI blues @ 290… and Geopolitics blues; John Faraclas special midweek report: Drop, …Drop, ..Drop; where’s the stop? With minus one point the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) stood at 290…
What a business week-ending that was today with the BDI minus one point at 297, which is also minus 20 points since last Friday’s closing being 317 points and the…
John Faraclas reports on the state of the shipping markets: Another all-time record low of the BDI at 310, four points lower since yesterday! The Capers’ BCI 2014 gained two…
Another 12 points down, another all times low record… making the BDI’s history more than interesting! The John Faraclas daily market commentary: The Capes minus 19 points at 216 approaching…
Hurray, amids the one-in-a-life-time Marine Money London conference at The Dorchester on Park Lane during lunch when the indices were available, at last we are seeing the bottom so soon…
What a multi-crash that was today, if I may say so myself! The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) was minus five points at 358… The Capers and their BCI 2015 up,…
Once again we witnessed yet another fall of the BDI, this time losing six points and clocking 363; that’s a real crush given what has happened over the last two…
It is interesting how important the numbers are and Numerology is a must for all to understand and know what some fundamentals in life mean; if not, then the choice…
It’s going to be an interesting weekend this one; after eight days of continuous fall, the index does make sense! Grounded at 373 the Baltic Dry Index has a case…
No blah blah; the repercussions of the collapsed market can be found in the statements of all companies’ CEOs today and in the days to come before 90 centum are…
Time and again we have warned all those with vested interest in the shipping adventure to take cover; from what we can see, very few did; the results are…
The indices dive more dangerously as never before: John Faraclas comments on a day the 400 points barrier of the BDI was about to break: “I heard the news today…
Being cool and thinking positive, subject you have in place well in advance a contingency plan based on a pragmatic risk assessment, pays off! John Faraclas comments: You might think…
The geopolitics and “the Economy stupid” – to …paraphrase the former US President Bill Clinton, the world economic chaos, religous wars, energy issues, China et al are the parameters which…
Whilst “expecting” the lift off, on …ground zero the situ so far on Christmas Eve; John Faraclas notes: BDI standing at 483 points, that’s plus three since yesterday; the BCI plus…
With the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) stranded below the 500 point mark and the industry desperately looking the way towards the 2, 000 mark safety points for the Dry Markets…
With the BDI minus four points at 474, the Capers and its BCI index down 27 points at 485, and despite the Panamaxes dozen points up at 445 the markets…
Our fiftieth weekly recapitulation of the shipping markets, their respective main indices and world geopolitics affecting same in 2015 and beyond, tonight Friday the 11th of December 2015, with John Faraclas…
Our forty-ninth weekly recapitulation of the shipping markets, their respective main indices and world geopolitics affecting same in 2015 and beyond, tonight Friday the 4th of December 2015, with…
Our forty-eighth weekly recapitulation of the shipping markets, their respective main indices and world geopolitics affecting same in 2015 and beyond, tonight Friday the 27th of November 2015, with John Faraclas…