Rethinking the Baltic Dry Index

8/21/2009

Hard Assets Investor submits:

By Julian Murdoch

Leading Or Lagging Indicator

The Baltic Dry Index, or BDI, is an index that tracks a blending of rates to ship dry goods - basic raw materials like iron, coal and grains - on three different-sized boats on the four main shipping routes.

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