Investing and Trading News, with a Contrarian, Sarcastic Twist!
Here’s another news bit that appears to be medium-long term bullish for sugar futures. I recall reading that sugar based ethanol is cost competitive with oil at $50 or above, so even with the recent correction in oil, the sugarcane based ethanol industry of Brazil continues to boom. peHUB: Paladin Puts Sugar in the Gas […]
Over the weekend, China announced a $586 billion “stimulus plan” for its slowing economy. China is in a precarious position as the world economy grinds to a halt. Out of it’s 1.3 billion people, most have not participated in the economic boom the greater country has experienced. Let me know if this sounds familiar – […]
Top posts from the past week: Jim Rogers on Bloombert: November 3, 2008 Is Sugar Breaking Out? US About to Flood the Market With Treasuries A review of my futures trades from the previous week: No trades last week – again! Other existing positions I’ve got: Short the British Pound – Last time I shorted […]
Bud Conrad, Chief Economist at Casey Research, discusses his economic outlook for the US on a New Zealand news station. I’ll give you a hint – it involves higher inflation in the near future.
Here’s a new video highlighting the recent fall in crude oil, courtesy of INO.com. It’s worth a quick look, I think, to appreciate the speed and magnitude of this recent decline. And also a good reminder why trying to pick the exact bottom is a fool’s game. But, we’re all guilty of it – it’s […]
Staying on the beat of shorting US Treasuries, I came across this article from Money Morning – quick excerpt and link to full article: The U.S. Treasury Department announced Nov. 3 that it intended to borrow a record $550 billion in the fourth quarter. That represents a staggering $408 billion increase over Treasury’s borrowing estimate […]
Sugar! Is that you, Baby Girl? It’s your old, pal, SugarHigh – remember me? Yeah. It’s been awhile. We had some good times back in ’05-’06. You said you needed some time to get your life back together. I know we got a little ahead of themselves back in ’05…all the way up to $0.20 […]
Editors Note: Click here to read other recent posts about Jim Rogers, including some recent videos. I don’t know about you, but I’ve got a case of the election blues. And not because my guy didn’t win – I didn’t even have a horse in this race, I couldn’t bring myself to vote for any […]
Highly recommended 20/20 piece by John Stossel – this originally aired on October 17, 2008. Summary of each video by yours truly. What does this have to do with investing and markets? Everything. You can’t invest today without a thorough understanding of the idiotic decisions coming down the pike by our elected bureaucrats. I’d recommend […]
One of my absolute favorite blogs is johnsterling.blogspot.com, for its absolutely hilarious coverage of the New York Yankees. Our content usually does not overlap, but here’s a gem I have to point out. For all you Republicans out there, I present you with – The Reagan, by Edgar Allen Limbaugh. Here’s an excerpt of the […]
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