Investing and Trading News, with a Contrarian, Sarcastic Twist!
Can you spot the trend? Trading below 40 cents, cotton must be one of the most underpriced commodities in the history of western civilization. Supply was already under pressure, as farmers neglected planting cotton in recent years in favor of higher priced grains, such as corn and soybeans. Lock and load, because we’re going to […]
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 […]
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