Rough Rice Looked Good Today – The Only Green on the Screen!

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So far, so good on that “long rice” trade – always a good sign when your position is the only green on the screen! Today was a forgettable one for most grains – but rice stood tall amidst the apathy. (Source: Barchart.com) For some background on our rough rice trade… The favorable supply/demand fundamentals The […]

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Andy Kessler’s new book Eat People: And Other Unapologetic Rules for Game-Changing Entrepreneurs is out today – and we’ve got an exclusive interview with Andy! I personally learned and gained a ton from this book – as a software startup guy myself, it really helped open my mind and eyes to the patterns that lead to successful […]

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Regular readers know that we’ve been keeping a keen eye on rough rice ever since Jim Rogers said “if rice went down, he’d buy more.” That prompted me to take a look at the supply/demand fundamentals of rice, and conclude that things were teed up for a potential rally in this unsung grain. A recent […]

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The protests and social unrest in Egypt have provided an additional tailwind to crude prices over the past week (and we should note that crude had already rallied to two-year highs before the demonstrations began). Even before the hysterics began in Egypt, the trend in oil was UP. (Source: StockCharts.com) Walk (and Protest) Like an Egyptian […]

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Regular contributor Sy Harding weighs in with some tips on profitably playing the current stock market pattern… —- Profit From This Market Pattern Being Street Smart Sy Harding February 1, 2011 I call it the ‘monthly strength period’, the strong tendency for the market to be up for the first few days of each month. […]

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Read my full article How to Play the Uranium Breakout at Hard Assets Investor. It’s a bull market in uranium—again! Uranium’s price was “in the tank” for the longest time, thanks to the massive supply provided by retired Cold War nuclear weapons. That supply started to exhaust early in the last decade, which prompted a uranium […]

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Regular contributor Sy Harding weighs in this week with three stocks that he believes have seen their tops for a little while… —- Three Stocks to Avoid Being Street Smart Sy Harding January 28, 2011 I’m not saying sell them short, but here are three popular stocks I sure would neither buy nor hold at […]

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Microsoft reported better than expected earnings and revenue…but Mr. Market whacked MSFT anyway. “The execution at this company has actually been pretty good over the last year,” said Ursillo, whose firm manages $150 billion, including Microsoft shares. “The stock has gotten very little credit for it because the market is worried about the continued erosion of […]

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Gary Shilling weighed in with his recommendations for 2011 in John Mauldin’s latest Outside the Box newsletter. Since the early 2000’s, Shilling has been one of very few financial commentators staunchly in the deflation camp – and his 2011 picks reflect his belief that deflation, not inflation, will rule the years ahead. We look for […]

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