All Posts Tagged With: "soybeans"
King Corn Retakes the Throne
Corn is in trouble because of the wet spring that has drenched the Midwest. Yesterday, the USDA said in a report that American corn output will be down significantly from last year’s estimate.
The Commodity Investor Q&A
What to do with your refiner shares.
A Profit Play The Credit Crunch Created
Lenders have severely cut back on lending. Since last June banks all over the world were forced to write-off $323 billion in bad debt. There’s much more to come.
Oil: Why It’s Different this Time
When a commodity or stock breaks out to new highs, as oil has done again this week, it’s extremely unwise to go short, as many are suggesting. I have no doubt, of course, that now I’ve said that in print, it will mark the top of the market.
The Food Crisis, a First-Hand Report
Whether his travels take our commodities guru, Kevin Kerr, to the Middle East or the Midwest of the U.S., the stories are very similar. Most people are concerned about the rising costs of agricultural commodities. And they should be. The commodity boom is real.
Myth Buster
Today’s Whiskey is a special excerpt from legendary financial mind Jim Rogers’ book, Hot Commodities. In this essay, Jim explains away some of the myths many people associate with commodity markets.
Our Coming War with Canada
The next president will face soaring foreclosures, insolvency at Freddie and Fannie, street protests against foreclosures, and a growing number of bank failures. It’s not too hard to guess what’s likely to happen next, is it?
Planting Troubles Put Corn on the Launch Pad
Globally, corn supplies are already straining to meet demand. America is the world’s king of corn. If our crop is going to be light, that puts corn on the launch pad.
The ‘Silent Tsunami’ Threatening the World Economy
It’s not just the credit crisis that has been keeping policymakers awake at night. A food crisis is sweeping the world like “a silent tsunami”, as Josette Sheeran of the World Food programme puts it, leaving widespread riots and rattled governments in its wake.
Consumer Confidence at 26-Year Low
Another sign that the US has entered a recession?According to a survey released today, US consumer confidence is the lowest it’s been in over a quarter of a century.
This month the Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers has fallen to the lowest since March 1982’s level of 62.0.
According to Reuters, this is “when the ’stagflationary’ period of low growth and high inflation was still fresh in the memory of many Americans.”
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