Jeffrey Christian

Mr. Jeffrey Christian is one of the foremost authorities worldwide on the markets for gold, silver, and the platinum group metals. He also is well known for his work on foreign exchange markets and other commodities. In addition to his work on individual markets, Mr. Christian is considered one of the world’s premier authorities on commodities derivatives, both for hedging and investment purposes. He has worked, through CPM Group and privately, with governments and intergovernmental organizations around the world, including the United Nations, World Bank, International Finance Corporation, International Monetary Fund, Common Fund for Commodities, International Cocoa Organization, International Cotton Advisory Council, as well as with many of the world’s largest and most prominent mining companies, industrial companies, investment banks, and institutional investors.

He has written extensively about the precious metals markets, commodities, and world financial and economic conditions since the 1970s. In 1981 he authored one of the first market reports on the platinum group of metals, including platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, and osmium. He has been involved in much of the pioneering work applying economic analysis and econometric studies to the gold, silver, copper, and platinum group metals markets, as well as efforts to improve and extend the quality of precious metals and commodities market statistics and research overall. The research team he has headed since 1980 produces some of the most insightful analyses and accurate projections for these markets. Mr. Christian began managing that group in 1980, first at J. Aron & Company. After that company merged into Goldman, Sachs & Co., Mr. Christian continued to manage the commodities research operation. In 1986, he effected a management buy-out of his department from Goldman Sachs, setting up CPM Group as an independent research company. In addition to managing CPM Group and supervising its team of research analysts, Mr. Christian speaks regularly at industry conferences and seminars around the world.

Publications and Presentations Mr. Christian has written and spoken extensively on precious metals and commodities markets, derivative markets, general economics, developmental economics, politics, and other business matters. He has written numerous reports, magazine articles, reviews, and other papers. He gives several dozen major speeches each year around the world, and regularly is interviewed in international business publications and on television. In 2006 Mr. Christian published Commodities Rising, a book for investors on commodities published by John Wiley & Sons. In 2007 he is contributing two chapters on “Risk Management for Commodity Portfolios” and “Silver” to The Handbook of Commodity Investment being edited by Frank Fabozzi, Roland Fuss, and Dieter G. Kaiser. The publisher of both of these books is John Wiley & Sons, which also began publishing CPM Group’s annual Yearbooks on gold, silver, and platinum group metals in 2006.

CPM Group

CPM Group, founded in 1986 via a management buyout of the Commodities Research Group of Goldman Sachs, is the world's premier precious metals and commodities research and consulting company.

CPM Group’s founder and Managing Director, Jeffrey M. Christian, is known as one of the most informed authorities on the precious metals and commodities markets. CPM Group is comprised of commodities market experts and experienced investment bankers with a range of economic and econometric analytic skills, and a comprehensive understanding of financial engineering – the use of derivatives to structure advantageous hedging and investment instruments.

CPM Group is independent of all miners, fabricators, bullion banks, and other companies that have commercial positions, allowing for a completely unbiased view of the markets and earning CPM Group the reputation of being the ultimate trusted authority in the metals and commodities markets.

CPM Group has advised governments and intergovernmental organizations around the world, including the United Nations, World Bank, International Finance Corporation, International Monetary Fund, US Mint, Common Fund for Commodities, International Cocoa Organization, International Cotton Advisory Council, as well as many of the world’s largest and most prominent mining companies, industrial companies, institutional investors, and investment banks.