10-08-2021, 03:25 PM
How much of recently exploding prices is due to real supply constraints and how much
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Over the last year e.g. used cars, timber, recently gas and uranium have exploded in price. Especially the timber and uranium charts look like classic bubbles. Is there a way to gauge how much of that price increase was due to "real" supply constraints, i.e. producers / logistics not being able to supply the real demand by consumers of the product, and how much was due to speculators buying up supply to artificially produce a shortage?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/-JPMorgan"> /u/-JPMorgan </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/q3wg4r/how_much_of_recently_exploding_prices_is_due_to/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/q3wg4r/how_much_of_recently_exploding_prices_is_due_to/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Over the last year e.g. used cars, timber, recently gas and uranium have exploded in price. Especially the timber and uranium charts look like classic bubbles. Is there a way to gauge how much of that price increase was due to "real" supply constraints, i.e. producers / logistics not being able to supply the real demand by consumers of the product, and how much was due to speculators buying up supply to artificially produce a shortage?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/-JPMorgan"> /u/-JPMorgan </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/q3wg4r/how_much_of_recently_exploding_prices_is_due_to/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/q3wg4r/how_much_of_recently_exploding_prices_is_due_to/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R