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Sean Brodrick: It’s a tough time to be a commodity bull right now. You can still make money in commodities, of course, but it’s tough to do on the bullish side. Let me show you why with three charts. 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…
Don Miller: For most Americans, the cost of food hasn’t always been such a big deal. For the better part of the last 30 years, food supplies were plentiful and the economy provided enough wealth to keep cupboards stocked. Read more…
Eric Dutram: Thanks to a holiday in Washington D.C., U.S. residents had a brief extension over the traditional April 15th deadline in order to get income tax returns in on time. With many (including yours truly) waiting until this past weekend to get their returns in, this extra two day time frame was welcomed news Read more…
Money Morning Staff: A commodity is something that has universal definition and demand. Everyone knows what food is, and everybody wants it. Read more…
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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…
Market Vectors ETFs announced that it is contractually lowering the expense cap of its Market Vectors RVE Hard Assets Producers ETF (NYSEArca:HAP), effective today. Investors in these funds will pay Read more…
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…
Michael Johnston: With more than 40% of the U.S. market, iShares has long been the leader in the U.S. ETF industry. But in recent years the competition has been gaining ground, thanks in part to more cost efficient products. According to the ETF Industry Association, Vanguard led all ETF Read more…
Michael Johnston: iShares, the largest U.S. ETF issuer in terms of both assets and number of funds, continued the aggressive expansion of its product lineup this week with five new products offering exposure to commodity-related stocks. Each of the new ETFs will compete with existing products 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…
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