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Biofuels
Ethanol Infrastructure
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- Published on Tuesday, 12 June 2007 04:22
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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.
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More To Wheat Than Weather
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- Published on Monday, 11 June 2007 07:23
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A quick gaze at the Bloomberg Commodities headline page this morning suggests that weather is king when it comes to crop prices.
Quick Marge! Short Obesity!
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- Published on Wednesday, 09 May 2007 08:00
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• Is it true?
• Will the ethanol boom push up the price of chicken?
• How “trivial” is a 50% increase in prices?
Corn, Inflation And Reality
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- Published on Monday, 09 April 2007 05:14
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The Wall Street Journal's Page One article today is must reading for commodities investors, and indeed, for investors of every kind. It looks at the link between rising agricultural commodity prices, rising biofuels demand and potential inflation and food scarcity around the world. Could the alternative fuels boom be setting the stage for a repeat of 1970s-era inflation?
Ethanol Hangover?
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- Published on Wednesday, 28 March 2007 05:24
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Soaring Soy?
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- Published on Thursday, 01 March 2007 05:00
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With ethanol booming, farmers are planting more corn. And if they plant more corn, they'll plant fewer soybeans. Will the biodiesel boomlet send prices soaring?
- An early market
- Follow the VC money
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Ethanol: Hype or Happening?
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- Published on Thursday, 08 February 2007 05:47
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Corn's the new oil. Everyone knows it. After all, corn = ethanol = energy = wealth beyond the dreams of avarice. But is it true?
- An energy producer? Or destroyer?
- Is it really good for the environment?
- How do you play it?
Pork Bellies and Corn, Anyone?
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- Published on Thursday, 18 January 2007 17:00
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Think commodities and you think of things like oil, gold and copper. But smart traders are looking to the farm for home-grown returns.
- Corn: The new gold?
- Blowing in the winds.
- New ETF access.
