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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…
Jeb Handwerger: Commodities In Characteristic Selloff Read more…
Sara Nunnally: Farm life for me isn’t the same as farm life for actual farmers. I’m working on a small garden… But for me, it’s about having all my animals together — dogs, horses, cats — on a peaceful plot of land here in the Midwest. Read more…
Richard Heinberg: The current global food system is highly fuel- and transport-dependent. Fuels will almost certainly become less affordable in the near and medium term, making the current, highly fuel-dependent agricultural production system less secure and food less affordable. It is therefore Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Exchange-traded products have become the preferred instrument for many investors looking to add core, as well as tactical, commodities exposure to their portfolios. The “toolbox” continues to expand as investors have multiple options available to them, with some funds focusing in on a Read more…
Jared Cummans: With real estate markets in the gutter, treasury yields at all-time lows, and equity markets plagued with instability, it’s no wonder that commodity investing has been surging in recent years. Many investors have hopped on board with the various benefits that these investments offer, Read more…
Chris Ciovacco: The concept of a “back-door bazooka” is based on a recent policy change made by the European Central Bank (ECB). Reuters summed up the pros and cons of the stealth bazooka concept this way: Read more…
Michael Johnston: As some financial advisors are now well aware, the term “ETF” is often used rather liberally to refer to a variety of different exchange-traded products that generally function in the same manner from the perspective of an investor. More accurately, ETFs can be described as a type of Read more…
Chris Ciovacco: The Europeans have signed another stability pact during another summit. But like most of their recent summits, they were high on rhetoric and short on details; they hope to have the details in place by March of next year. Read more…
Tom Essaye: Whether they come from Washington or Europe, it seems like news headlines (and rumors) are now influencing the stock market more than anything else. And there is no better evidence of this than trading over the past two weeks. Read more…
Money Morning Staff: A commodity is something that has universal definition and demand. Everyone knows what food is, and everybody wants it. Nearly everyone in the world knows what gold (NYSEARCA:GLD) is, and nearly all of them want it. The same is true for oil, steel, copper… the list goes on. Read more…
Tim Seymour: Tonight’s inflation numbers out of Beijing could confirm that China is finally ready to loosen its monetary policy. We talk about it today on Trading the Globe. Read more…
Michael Johnston: As ETFs have burst on to the scene in recent years, just about every serious investor and professional money manager has taken a crash course in exchange-traded products, becoming familiar with the countless benefits and nuances of these products. Features such as enhanced transparency Read more…
Michael Johnston: United States Commodity Funds, the company behind the ultra-popular natural gas (NYSE:UNG) and crude oil (NYSE:USO) products, has laid the groundwork for another unique exchange-traded commodity product. In a recent SEC filing, USCF outlined some details for a proposed Read more…
Jared Cummans: Investing in commodities has certainly picked up in recent years, but it seems that the overall industry has begun to experience some growing pains. As is common with newer investment types (not that commodities are new, but their heavy popularity is), analysts will lash out and tell investors Read more…
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