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A Bumper Crop Of Agricultural Products
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- Published on Wednesday, 07 May 2008 01:21
- Written by Brad Zigler
Brad Zigler talks turkey about the plethora of
ag products coming to market.
- Well-timed bonanza
- Volume tells the story
- The ETN skew
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Rained Out: No Pure Corn Play
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- Published on Monday, 05 May 2008 04:57
- Written by Brad Zigler
Among bull markets, corn is still a king. Other agricultural commodities may be swooning, but corn's holding its own. May CBOT futures are up nearly 38% year to date.
Profit Margins Whittled This Week
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- Published on Thursday, 01 May 2008 04:25
- Written by Brad Zigler
Squeezing Profits Out Of Oil
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- Published on Thursday, 24 April 2008 05:24
- Written by Brad Zigler
Volatility Cuts Into Profits
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- Published on Thursday, 10 April 2008 05:16
- Written by Brad Zigler
Ag Getting Too Risky?
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- Published on Monday, 31 March 2008 06:03
- Written by Brad Zigler
Profits In Process Again
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- Published on Thursday, 27 March 2008 07:15
- Written by Brad Zigler
Soybeans & Roller Coasters
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- Published on Tuesday, 11 March 2008 03:13
- Written by Administrator
- The nature of the rise and fall
- Palm oil – the cheap spoiler
- China (surprise!)
Interview with Kevin Kerr - Part II
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- Published on Monday, 04 February 2008 17:00
- Written by HardAssetsInvestor.com
- Why institutions are driving prices higher
- The impact of China
- An 8-year bull market
Interview with Kevin Kerr - Part I
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- Published on Sunday, 03 February 2008 17:00
- Written by HardAssetsInvestor.com
- Why institutions are driving prices higher
- The impact of China
- An 8-year bull market
SBUX = Coffee
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- Published on Tuesday, 29 January 2008 09:07
- Written by Julian Murdoch
Starbucks has been a pretty terrible place to be lately. But don’t blame the poor Arabica bean.
- Coffee 101
- The China connection
- Is Starbucks’ stock correlated with coffee prices?
The New GreenHaven Commodity ETF Examined
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- Published on Monday, 28 January 2008 05:02
- Written by Julian Murdoch
A new ETF tied to the old CRB index offers a different take on the commodities market.
- Huge focus on agriculture and softs
- How it compares to GSG and DBC
- Watch the expenses carefully
Where's The Confetti?
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- Published on Monday, 14 January 2008 08:19
- Written by Brad Zigler
Back in October (in "Beans In The Teens") we speculated on the possibility of soybeans taking out their 1973 record-high prices.
An Interview With ‘Trader Vic’
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- Published on Monday, 14 January 2008 07:47
- Written by HardAssetsInvestor.com
- Gold is going to $1,000/ounce … soon.
- Almost nothing can stop the commodities boom.
- Oil is not the place for aggressive traders.
Not So Sweet: U.S. Sugar Sales To Asia Unlikely To See Boom
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- Published on Friday, 21 December 2007 04:26
- Written by Maureen Nevin Duffy
Will the U.S. find future prosperity in selling low-tech commodities abroad to countries manufacturing high-tech products?
- The situation with sugar indicates otherwise
- A global sugar surplus continues
- Stiff competition from other countries
An Interview With Michael Metz
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- Published on Thursday, 06 December 2007 04:06
- Written by Matt Hougan
- Bullish on oil, bearish on alternative energy
- The dollar has hit bottom
- Agriculture looks good, gold may look better
Agribusiness Outshines Gold
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- Published on Tuesday, 13 November 2007 05:25
- Written by Brad Zigler
Repeat after me: “All that glitters isn’t gold.” Sometimes it’s potash. Or phosphate. Or one of many other products mined, processed or distributed to farmers and ranchers.
An Interview With Wesley Karger
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- Published on Monday, 05 November 2007 10:41
- Written by HardAssetsInvestor.com
- An important part of all portfolios
- Playing the “reflation” theme
- Is China a bubble?
Corn Is Different, But Agriculture Isn’t
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- Published on Monday, 02 July 2007 07:26
- Written by HardAssetsInvestor.com
The new USDA report reminds us: individual agricultural commodity supplies are elastic, but the broader agricultural complex is not.
Don't Read This Article!
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- Published on Tuesday, 22 May 2007 04:30
- Written by HardAssetsInvestor.com
We talk a lot here about the poverty of most coverage of the commodities space. This article from Bloomberg makes the point.
