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Rick Mills: Many have called for very high levels of inflation possibly leading to hyperinflation. Their reasoning is that over printing of the US dollar will cause the dollar to weaken and inflation to set in – more money chasing the same amount, or less, of goods Read more…
Peter Krauth: Despite the setback caused by the 2008 financial crisis, the commodities bull market rolls on. A short four years later, many commodities are trading at or near all-time highs. Read more…
Sean Brodrick: Are you ready to go hog-wild for profits? China’s annual meat consumption of 71 million tons is more than double that in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. U.S. meat consumption is falling Read more…
Jim Trippon: China continues to undergo vast changes. One of the areas that is shifting is in its food consumption and production. As the nation continues to enjoy greater affluence, consumers gravitate toward more protein-rich foods, especially pork and chicken. China’s pork production accounts for more than half Read more…
Michael Johnston: United States Commodity Funds rolled out another addition to its suite of “third generation” commodity ETPs this week, debuting a fund that will take a unique approach to delivering Read more…
Tom Essaye: If you live in the northern parts of the country, it’s probably not news that this has been the “year with no winter.” Indeed, I recently read that this winter has been the fourth warmest on record in the northeastern U.S. Read more…
Richard Mills: As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information. The most investable trend over the next 20 years is going to be the rising price of commodities, rising prices will be caused by two factors; Read more…
Simon Watkins: Grain exports in Ukraine have been restriction free for little more than a month, and are about to be limited once more after drought and frosts hit the winter crop. March wheat prices Read more…
Chris Ciovacco: Even the early stages of new bull markets experience corrections. After surging off the March 2009 lows, the weekly chart of the S&P 500 (NYSEArca:SPY) experienced what is known as a “perfected sell setup” in DeMark speak. Following the sell setup signal in early June 2009, the S&P 500 Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: Forget about lost decades. Forecasts that we’ll be turning Japanese couldn’t be further from the truth. Here’s why. It’s simple, really. Deflation is not in the interest of anybody in power, so it’s very unlikely to happen. Read more…
Shah Gilani: You want to know the truth? The truth is that Wall Street has stacked the deck against you. That’s why you need to understand how the game is played. Otherwise you’ll end up a Wall Street patsy. Read more…
Jared Cummans: The agriculture sector has long been a popular place for commodity trading. After all, it was with agricultural futures that commodity trading got its start. Farmers had originally used these contracts to help offset any losses in crop yields. Now, the agricultural space has blossomed into a Read more…
Rick Mills: As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information. Our agriculture system is concentrated on producing a very few staple crops – there is a very serious lack of crop diversity. Corn, wheat, rice and soy are the main staples and production is Read more…
Alan Price: Each New Year brings with it a number of questions for investors: Am I investing in the right place? Should I be taking more or less of a risk? Should I have a more diverse portfolio? Read more…
Much has been made about the perfect market timing that can be derived by the doing the opposite of what the herd, or small investor, is doing. While this 
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