Commodity Indices: Diversification and Economic Analysis

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Description

Commodity Indices: Diversification and Economic Analysis (2000)

Overview

The archived item is a composite collection that includes a 2000‑dated English text by Adam Tooze, its structured metadata, and related documents from the Chartbook Newsletter series. The primary document, “Commodity Indices: Diversification and Economic Analysis,” was created on 1 January 2000 for the institution test‑tooze and is stored in the PINAX system. It is accompanied by a JSON metadata file (pinax.json) that records creator, subjects, description, and relationships to other entities such as commodity indices, BCOM/GSCI, and European energy. The archive also contains a newsletter‑metadata set from 2022, the full text of Chartbook #73 (21 Jan 2022), and Chartbook #196 (19 Feb 2023).

Background

Adam Tooze, a historian and economist, produced the commodity‑indices analysis to examine the early 2000s emergence of commodities as an asset class and the narrow scope of indices like BCOM/GSCI. The PINAX system was used to extract and structure metadata for the Chartbook Newsletter, a series of analytical newsletters that address contemporary crises. The Chartbook series, also produced by test‑tooze, focuses on economic, political, and environmental issues.

Contents

The archive contains:
  • The commodity‑indices text and its JSON metadata.
  • A JSON file linking the text to related concepts (commodity indices, BCOM/GSCI, European energy).
  • A newsletter‑metadata set covering 15 issues from 21 Jan 2022 to 26 Feb 2022, including titles, dates, images, tweets, and inter‑document links.
  • The full text of Chartbook #73, a data‑driven analysis of global inflation and crises.
  • The full text of Chartbook #196, an examination of the cocoa industry in West Africa.

    • Scope

    The collection covers the commodity‑indices analysis (2000), the Chartbook Newsletter (2022), and two Chartbook reports (2022 and 2023). It addresses global economic markets, commodity pricing, financial diversification, and sector‑specific studies (cocoa). The archive does not include the complete newsletters or the full text of the Chartbook series beyond the two included reports. The material is relevant to scholars of economic history, finance, and commodity markets.

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    Raw Cheimarros Data

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@commodity_indices_analysis -> excludes -> @european_energy  

@commodity_indices_analysis -> authored_by -> @adam_tooze

    Metadata

    Title
    Commodity Indices: Diversification and Economic Analysis
    Type
    Text
    Creator
    Adam Tooze
    Institution
    test-tooze
    Created
    2000-01-01
    Language
    en
    Subjects
    Commodity indices, Diversification, Economic analysis, Financial markets, Investment, Energy markets, European energy
    Rights
    All rights reserved
    Place
    Global
    Source
    PINAX

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<p>n early 2000s, the promise of uncorrelated returns though diversification helped establish commodities as an asset class -&gt; $200bn AUM in indices like BCOM/GSCI. But those indices are relatively narrowly based. Do not include European energy! https://www.ft.com/content/97d27304-8a0b-4461-a155-37900bcaa47b</p>
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    # Reorganization Summary

The files were organized into three main groups based on their content. The 'Chartbook_Newsletters' group contains all the published Chartbook newsletters, which focus on economic, political, and historical analysis. The 'Unpublished_Drafts' group includes files marked as unpublished or drafts, often containing incomplete or placeholder content. The 'Cocoa_and_Chocolate_Industry' group contains files specifically related to the cocoa and chocolate industry. One file, '48207265.commodity-indices.html', did not fit into any of these groups and was left ungrouped.

## Groups Created

- **Chartbook_Newsletters**: Files containing Chartbook newsletter content, primarily focused on economic, political, and historical analysis.
- **Unpublished_Drafts**: Files that are marked as unpublished or drafts, often containing incomplete or placeholder content.
- **Cocoa_and_Chocolate_Industry**: Files related to the cocoa and chocolate industry, including historical and economic analysis.

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