Commodity Compass - 8/1 - Tin Remains a Standout in the Commodity Trade

<p>The Federal Reserve held rates again this week — and it was the press conference, not the decision, that moved markets, driving long-term Treasury yields to their highest since 2007. Halfway around the world, Japan stepped into the currency market to rescue the yen from a forty-year low, and the Bank of Japan held the line hours later. And with crude back above eighty dollars, the Middle East keeps simmering under all of it.</p>