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Supply Chain Disruption

Port blockages, shipping-route crises and component shortages: manufacturers with global chains suffer margin hits while freight and substitute suppliers benefit.

Asset classes: Stocks, Commodities, Funds · Sectors: Industrials, Consumer discretionary, Consumer staples

Dated events

  1. · France orders lockdown and EU moves to shut borders as COVID-19 spreads
    Factories and ports shut down as countries locked down to fight the pandemic. Shipping slowed dramatically and many products became hard to find in stores.
  2. · Container ship Ever Given runs aground and blocks the Suez Canal
    A massive cargo ship got stuck sideways in the Suez Canal for 6 days, blocking one of the world's most important shipping routes. Hundreds of ships backed up, delaying goods and raising shipping costs worldwide.
  3. · Russia invades Ukraine; Ukraine closes its ports, halting grain shipments
    The invasion disrupted shipments of wheat and other grains from Ukraine and Russia, two of the world's largest exporters. Food prices jumped and countries worried about shortages.

Assets named in this scenario · 17

Ahold DelhaizeApple Inc.Oil · Crude Oil (WTI) FuturesDHL GroupHeineken N.V.ItochuKuehne + NagelMitsubishi CorpMitsui & CoSiemensSPDR S&P 500 ETF TrustTaiwan Semiconductor (ADR)TescoTesla, Inc.Toyota MotorToyota Motor (ADR)U.S. Global Jets ETF

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