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Stoyan Bojinov: The world is always ending, according to someone out there. The current environment is full of those who think the end is nigh–at least for the robust global economy to which we’ve grown accustomed. Let’s suppose that our economy is about to fall off a cliff, resulting in general chaos, Read more…
Jared Cummans: Commodity investing has become increasing popular in recent years as the exchange traded world has opened this once elusive asset class wide open. Still, one of the most effective ways to maintain exposure to your favorite hard asset remains through futures contracts. For the average 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…
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…
David Gillie: No matter what, people have to eat – 7 billion of them now globally. You can’t eat your iPhone. You can’t eat your gold coins. And you can’t eat oil. Read more…
Jared Cummans: Alternative energy investing has surged in popularity in recent years as our world has felt the effects of basing the majority of our economy off of a finite resource. Though crude oil and other fossil fuels will last us for the foreseeable future, there will come a time when our energy consumption Read more…
Jared Cummans: If Jim Rogers has taught us anything, its that agriculture exposure is a must for any investment portfolio. But buying corn or soybean futures and rolling on a steady basis seems impractical for keeping allocations to what might make up 1% of your overall holdings. Beyond futures products Read more…
Larry D. Spears: If Mark Twain was talking about investing in farmland when he suggested “buy land – they’re not making anymore,” then he knew more about finance than he’s credited with. 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…
David Zeiler: Rising food prices are hardly a secret. You’ve no doubt felt them in your wallet already. And just a few days ago, we again warned you about the storm that’s been brewing in the agricultural sector. Read more…
Sean Brodrick: It’s yellow … it’s precious … but it’s not gold — it’s corn! While many commodities have taken their lumps in recent weeks, corn continues to hammer its way higher. Take a look at this chart of the Tuecrium Commodity Trust Corn Fund ETF (NYSE:CORN), which holds a basket of Read more…
Tony Sagami: Don’t the weather and natural disasters seem more extreme to you lately? The world has seen what seems like a wave of floods, fires, tornados, earthquakes, tsunamis and droughts. Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: If you read the newly released United Nations report on global population trends, you can reach only one conclusion about the long-term outlook for global commodity Read more…
Yesterday we looked at how retracement levels can be used for trade ideas and to find levels of support and resistance during extreme price movements. Today we take a look at a technical tool meant for an intermediate time horizon, but still helpful for painting a day-to-day picture for Read more…
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