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Marc Chandler Dissects the Dollar’s Decline
Marc Chandler, chief currency strategist for Brown Brothers Harriman, discusses the dollar, and what's dragging it down.
  • A healthy amount of exaggeration
  • The Fed’s fault?
  • U.S. deficits—believe it or not—improving
 Marc Chandler Dissects
HardAssetsInvestor.com Tuesday, 03 June 2008
 
Roy Nersesian Sees ‘The Perfect Storm’
Despite a speculative element, the fundamental forces behind the rise in agricultural prices may persist.
  • The Chinese want beef (and that drives up grains)
  • Biodiesel and palm oil
  • Could speculators get caught out?
HardAssetsInvestor.com Tuesday, 20 May 2008
 
Are We At The Bottom Of The Ethanol Barrel?
Managing editor of HardAssetsInvestor.com Brad Zigler examines the viability of meeting the U.S. 2022 biofuels mandate.
  • The squeeze is on
  • Factoring the corn crush equation
  • Have ethanol producers' fortunes turned?
Brad Zigler Tuesday, 20 May 2008
 
Biofuels Professor Says Corn Will Never Work
Roy Nersesian, an energy specialist from Columbia University, puts the biofuels hype under a realist's microscope.
  • Why corn-based ethanol will never work
  • The chink in cellulosic ethanol
  • Hope for biodiesel?
HardAssetsInvestor.com Tuesday, 13 May 2008
 
Biofuel’s Bad Rap

Food prices are up, and ethanol is feeling the heat. But is it really the bad guy?

  • From media darling to food price scapegoat
  • How much corn is in the slurry?
  • Fixing the problem
Julian Murdoch Monday, 21 April 2008
 
Walter Nasdeo, Ardour Capital, Discusses Alternative Energy Stocks: Part II
Walter Nasdeo, Director of Research for Ardour Capital, talks about the factors driving investment in alternative energy.
  • Huge global VC influx
  • New technologies in play
  • Energy efficiency, photovoltaics major factors
HardAssetsInvestor.com Tuesday, 08 April 2008
 
Walter Nasdeo, Ardour Capital, Discusses Alternative Energy Stocks: Part I
The Director of Research for Ardour Capital says alternative energy and ethanol are "here to stay."
  • Corn-based ethanol isn't going away
  • The alternative energy market is maturing
  • The relationship between alternative energy and oil prices
HardAssetsInvestor.com Tuesday, 01 April 2008
 
Interview with Kevin Kerr - Part II
Kevin Kerr, one of the world's foremost agriculture commodity traders, surveys the landscape.
  • Why institutions are driving prices higher
  • The impact of China
  • An 8-year bull market
HardAssetsInvestor.com Wednesday, 06 February 2008
 
The Bush Budget

What does the new Bush budget mean for renewable energy, fossil fuels and other commodities?

  • It's 6% more, but what about commodities?
  • Energy security?
  • What happened to renewables?
Julian Murdoch Tuesday, 05 February 2008
 
Interview with Kevin Kerr - Part I
Kevin Kerr, one of the world's foremost agriculture commodity traders, surveys the landscape.
  • Corn is up, but it may go higher
  • Sugar could be sweet
  • Watch for pullbacks
HardAssetsInvestor.com Monday, 04 February 2008
 
An Interview With Michael Metz
Michael Metz, chief investment strategist for Oppenheimer & Company, lays out his opinions on each segment of the commodities market.
  • Bullish on oil, bearish on alternative energy
  • The dollar has hit bottom
  • Agriculture looks good, gold may look better

Matt Hougan Thursday, 06 December 2007
 
Business As Usual
EthanolIs the ethanol boom over? Not by a long shot. But the gold rush mentality is fading in the face of economic reality.
  • Welcome to the real world
  • Negative profit margins
  • An industry grows up
Julian Murdoch Friday, 09 November 2007
 
Can It Compete?

Here’s the real question about alternative energy: Can it compete? How do prices compare with fossil fuels?

  • The bargain of hydropower
  • Wind is competitive
  • Solar as a luxury fuel
Chuck Foster Friday, 24 August 2007
 
Summer Corn
After all the spring hype about planting numbers, the time is getting closer when we'll know how the future of corn and ethanol plays out - at least for this year.
HardAssetsInvestor.com Tuesday, 07 August 2007
 
Holy Oilfields, Batman!

HAIThe International Energy Agency, as respectable a group as you can find in the energy industry, says oil and gas markets will get very tight, very soon.

  • The demand-and-supply outlook
  • Biofuels a nonissue
  • Only an economic catastrophe will save us
HardAssetsInvestor.com Thursday, 12 July 2007
 
Pure Play For Ethanol?

In case you missed this little tidbit on Monday, Brazil's largest sugarcane and ethanol producer is looking to list on the New York Stock Exchange.

HardAssetsInvestor.com Wednesday, 27 June 2007
 
Biodiesel: The Chicken Fat Problem

On Monday, Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN) and Syntroleum Corp. (NASDAQ: SYNM) announced plans to build a refining plant that will take Tyson's animal and grain by-products (fat and grease) and turn it into 75 million gallons of fuel annually.

 

HardAssetsInvestor.com Tuesday, 26 June 2007
 
Is Sugar Sweet?

As a commodity, sugar is versatile: it’s food and fuel. And it’s been cheap this year. Really cheap.

HardAssetsInvestor.com Thursday, 21 June 2007
 
Ethanol Infrastructure

Ethanol is great, and will drive corn prices higher. But if the infrastructure isn't there to move the ethanol around, the opportunity is limited.

HardAssetsInvestor.com Tuesday, 12 June 2007
 
More To Wheat Than Weather

A quick gaze at the Bloomberg Commodities headline page this morning suggests that weather is king when it comes to crop prices.

HardAssetsInvestor.com Monday, 11 June 2007
 
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