Weekly Market Recap - HardAssetsInvestor.com Join Brad Zigler and Matt Hougan every week as they recap the week in the commodities marketplace. More than just stats and numbers, Brad and Matt will give you insights and commentary you just can't find anywhere else. http://www.hardassetsinvestor.com en-us Copyright Hard Assets Investor 13 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:58:25 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:58:25 webmaster@hardassetsinvestor.com Energy, Agriculture <![CDATA[Video: Sal Gilbertie Says Corn’s Still The Big Dog]]>
President of Teucrium Asset Management shares his outlook on the current commodities scene since the U.S. summer drought.
]]> <![CDATA[ The Commodity Investor: Commodity Trading Firms Bunge And Noble Offer Investors Good Value ]]> While Glencore may garner attention and headlines, smaller commodity trading firms can also offer a strong return on investment.

]]> <![CDATA[Video: Shonda Warner Is Bullish On The Dollar For 2012]]>
Managing director of Chess Ag Full Harvest Partners says the U.S. dollar is the best of a bad basket of currencies right now.
]]> <![CDATA[Video: Scotty George: Gold Is Too Expensive]]>
The chairman of du Pasquier Asset Management says to change the dynamic of the market, we need something that will stimulate wealth, the flow of capital, as well as psychology.
]]> <![CDATA[Video: Matt McCall Believes US Dollar Will Continue To Fall]]>
The president of Penn Financial Group describes the current factors he thinks will push the U.S. dollar down.
]]> <![CDATA[Gas Prices High? Ethanol Won't Help]]> Real-time Monetary Inflation (last 12 months): 1.3%

Okay, kids. Time to compare and contrast.

]]> <![CDATA[EPA Cracks Down On Ethanol]]> The EPA plans to classify ethanol plant emissions as greenhouse gases. But why hasn't the issue come up before?

]]> <![CDATA[John Woods: Regulating The Rogues]]>
The VP of McNamara Options gives his take on speculation in the commodities markets.
  • Accountability is king
  • Carbon emissions progress: gaining momentum or stuck in infancy?
  • Trade-offs in alternative energy
]]> <![CDATA[Whatever Happened To Those Ethanol Companies?]]>
  • Why revenues fell even though margins improved
  • The ‘three strikes’ pitched to first-gen ethanol refiners
  • Where are they now?

 

]]> <![CDATA[Shonda Warner: Mother Nature, Not Speculators, Changes The Ag Game]]> Where do ags go next? The founder of Chess Ag Full Harvest Partners shares her views.

  • Where she’s looking for farmland now
  • Ethanol's ‘white elephant in the room’
  • Which technology could change the ag markets forever
]]> <![CDATA[The Rise Of Green Fuel]]>
  • Clean fuel vs. clean energy ETFs
  • The role of natural gas
  • The safest way to play alt-fuel

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    ]]>         <![CDATA[Tom Konrad: Investing In Clean Energy]]>
  • Clean tech and Internet similarities
  • Exxon's leap into biofuels
  • The smart-grid free lunch
    • ]]>         <![CDATA[Exxon: A Biofuel Bet?]]>
  • Exxon's new venture
  • The algae tech
  • Does it really matter?
    • ]]>         <![CDATA[Green Gold Trumps Black Gold]]> Investment in sustainable energy just sustained itself in 2008. But the actual investments look pretty sweet.

    • New investments up (a little) in 2008
    • Renewable winners and losers
    • A look at green ETFs
    ]]>         <![CDATA[Kerr: Oil’s Bottom Line]]>

    The editor of Global Commodities Alert discusses why demand for black gold will pick up.

    • Ags: A messy sector
    • China: A bellwether
    • The dollar: A race to the bottom
    ]]>         <![CDATA[MLPs: Profit In The Pipelines?]]> This often-overlooked asset class can help you tap into the coming infrastructure boom.

    • High yields, low risk
    • Oversold and undervalued?
    • The risks and challenges
    ]]>         <![CDATA[Ag Secretary Defends Ethanol]]>
  • Optimizing domestic fossil fuels
  • Fractured focus stalls national policy
  • Orange juice industry reuses discarded by-product
    • ]]>         <![CDATA[Corn As Comfort Food]]> big bust. We've tracked its rather depressing trail in numerous articles. And we follow the weekly progress, or rather, the deterioration, in ethanol refining margins, too. At last look, before the proceeds of distiller's grain sales are counted, ethanol production nets only 58 cents a bushel, 90% less than what could be earned a scant 18 months ago. ]]> <![CDATA[Research Analyst Says We’re Running Out Of Oil]]>
    Ed Mitby tells Mike Norman why the U.S. policy environment is not favorable to alternative energy.
    • Europe races ahead
    • Candidates say the right thing, but the proof is in the pudding
    • Can the U.S. get 25% of its power from wind by 2030?
    ]]>         <![CDATA[Ed Mitby: Are Alternatives A Real Alternative?]]>
    HAI anchor Mike Norman speaks with Ed Mitby, senior research analyst for Van Eck Global, on the future of alternative energy in the U.S.
    • Wind, solar and … nuclear???
    • Is clean coal an alternative energy?
    • The need for “grid” investments
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