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Jonathan Yates: One of the nice things about having $3.2 trillion in foreign reserves — more than any other nation — and a state-controlled economy is that it allows China to continually manipulate markets for commodities such as copper (NYSEARCA:JJC), corn (NYSEARCA:CORN) and cotton Read more…
I’ll never forget my first visit as a teenager to the commodity-trading pit of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). The swirling bright colored jackets, the shouting and rapid hand signals (looked like arm wrestling to me) were captivating and reminded me of past family gatherings. It was also Read more…
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Scott Martin: The commodity markets are interpreting last week’s corn harvest estimates as a negative for both food prices and the fertilizer group. Do not be misled. Read more…
Tony Daltorio: Russia (NYSE:RSX) opened the door this week to possible price hikes in the future for wheat and corn after it said it could introduce a new cap on grain exports. Read more…
Kevin Kerr: Over the last decade commodity prices have been surging at a breathtaking rate, except perhaps for the end of 2008 and into early 2009, when we saw a significant correction. Even so, the vast majority of investors, around 90 percent, have little or no exposure to commodities and resources at all. Read more…
Todd Shriber: I wasn’t around when the movie “Cool Hand Luke” came out, but my mom loves old movies and she always had them on when I was a little kid. To this day, I remember her renting Read more…
It’s been a tumultuous few weeks with everything from continued drama in the Middle East to further contagion in the Euro zone and capping it off with Hurricane Irene. There was a 2008 moment when shares of Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) continued to crater on fears of a run on the Read more…
Larry Levinson: China, which already is the largest buyer of raw materials on the world stage, is reportedly adding U.S. corn to its shopping basket. Read more…
David Zeiler: A smaller-than-expected U.S. fall harvest, combined with strong demand, has sown the seeds of higher corn market prices. That will inflate your grocery bill, but it’s also an investing opportunity that should persist into next year according to some experts. Read more…
Tim Seymour: Demand for cookies and candy in India has reached the point where the country — the world’s largest sugar consumer — can no longer meet its long-term supply needs. Read more…Tim Seymour: Between corn and rice, food prices seem to be building up strength again. This could challenge the thesis that inflation in emerging markets has been defeated. Read more…
Todd Shriber: Commodities novices and seasoned vets alike need to be aware of the “C” word and by “C” word I don’t mean corn, cotton or Cushing, Oklahoma. I mean contango. The simple definition of contango is when the price of a near-dated, or front-month, futures contract is above Read more…
George Wolff: Why have we have all suffered through those “Pain at the Pump” TV news stories? Well, for Americans, ballooning gas prices are a key pressure point of consumer price inflation. Read more…
George Wolff: Who cares about corn? I have never traded a commodity in my life. And I’m sure I’ll never be one of those shrieking guys waving their hands wildly down in the commodities pit in Chicago. Read more…
Wall Street got off to a fairly tame start as investors came back from a long holiday weekend, as domestic equity indexes closed near the breakeven point and the NASDAQ edged out a small gain. Moody’s rating agency downgraded Portugal’s government debt to a grade of Baa2 from Baa1, Read more…
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