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From James Turk, founder of GoldMoney.com: The above chart is presenting a very bullish picture for gold. My upside target for gold this year has been $800. To be honest, I thought we would be there by now, but we’re not thanks to central banks as explained above. But we have reached a state in […]
From Agora’s 5 Min Forecast: “The price of natural gas continues to wallow around and not do much,” Chris Mayer tells his Capital & Crisis readers, “but there are two long-term, seemingly relentless natural gas trends that bode well for those invested in the industry. Price movement like this is making many natgas stocks “move […]
Date Position Qty Month/Yr Contract Strike Call/Put Entry Price Last Price Profit/Loss Market Value 01/22/07 Long 1 DEC 08 Cotton 63.00 68.80 $2,900.00 04/16/07 Long 1 DEC 08 Cotton 64.50 68.80 $2,150.00 07/27/07 Long 1 DEC 07 Coffee ‘C’ 115.30 116.65 $506.25 06/19/07 Long 1 DEC 07 Coffee ‘C’ 120.50 116.65 ($1,443.75) 03/23/07 Long 1 […]
I am not normally a huge gold bug. I do not own any gold in my futures account, but about a month ago I purchased the ETF GLD for my ROTH IRA. I may be a bit ‘old school’, but watching the Fed try to ‘liquidate’ its way out of the credit crunch really turned […]
Ticket # Reference # Time Entered Status 7341103 09/06/07 07:29:08PM FILLED SELL 1 JULY 2008 WHEAT (ECBOT) MARKET SOLD 1 JULY 2008 WHEAT (ECBOT) AT 601 (09/06/07 07:29:08PM) 7332781 09/05/07 06:07:23PM FILLED SELL 1 JULY 2008 WHEAT (ECBOT) MARKET SOLD 1 JULY 2008 WHEAT (ECBOT) AT 615 1/4 (09/05/07 06:07:22PM)
From Agora’s 5 Min. Forecast: Gasoline supplies are at their lowest level since 1991. Measured in “days of gas available,” the Energy Department reported that, for the last week data were available, the U.S. has only a 20-day supply… the lowest since the first Iraq war. Yet despite these supply levels, gas prices remained at […]
From the WSJ:Full article (subscription required)Food Prices FaceIncreasing PressureAs Futures Hit High By TOM POLANSEK September 5, 2007; Page C8 CHICAGO — Consumers in the coming months will have to pony up a little more money at the grocery store for flour, bread and other baked goods as record wheat futures prices are driving up […]
From Bloomberg News: Farm commodities are the new starsAccording to the article: Sugar has never been this cheap relative to crude oil. Jim Rogers, my hero, does not see the credit crunch affecting the soft commodities. “There are three billion people in Asia who were not involved the last time we had a commodities rally […]
From Agora’s 5 Minute Update: Among other things, Kevin (Kerr) will be commenting in Milan on the fact that Russia — the world’s fifth largest wheat exporter — is considering banning the sale of wheat to foreign nations. Moscow officials are concerned about wheat’s skyrocketing price and its effect on the Russian consumer… especially on […]
I feel like a broken record – but this is one helluva ride! Wheat futures crossed the 800 cents mark this morning.Chart There are ongoing harvest problems contributing to the situation. Remember that wheat inventories are already at a 26-year low, so there is no slack in the system. How high can prices go? Honestly […]
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