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Milton Friedman said that inflation is “always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon.” Judging by the recent price action in many of the soft and agricultural commodities, they appear to agree. Ben Bernanke, a student of the Great Depression, is making a bet the Friedman was wrong. Bernanke believes that because Friedman did much of his […]
Sugar Futures Surge to a 6-Month High Sugar futures rallied nearly 4% on Friday, over half a cent, to close the week at 14.18. Looks like we’ve got a new breakout to the upside! Sugar futures continue their steady climb. (Source: Barchart.com) The market continued to focus on the news that India may turn into […]
May Natural Gas futures currently sit a shade above $3.50 – their lowest point since 2002! Check out this chart…can you spot the trend? Source: BarChart.com Jeff Clark writes that $3.50 is widely regarded as the “shut in” price for natural gas – the price where drillers are better off closing the well than continuing […]
This chart overlays our current bull market in commodities with the previous one. If history is any indication, we could have a ways to go here. Courtesy: Agora Financial
Bernanke Fires Up the Printing Presses Earlier this week, Ben Bernanke announced the US Federal Reserve will buy up to $300 billion of US long-term Treasury securities over the next 3 months. Where will the Fed get that money? It will essentially create it out of thin air – also known as “printing money.” Surprisingly, […]
I thought it was something Komrade Obama said last night, but apparently corn’s rally today was due to short covering and buy orders that kicked in on the rally. According to my broker, corn still sits about $.50 below the cost of production. I’ve read that for the most part, most grains and softs are […]
Jim Rogers’ latest comments – February 13, 2009. US stimulus packages are throwing “good money after bad” US making the same mistakes as Japan, propping up zombie companies and supporting the incompetent people Financial mess started with the bailout of Long Term Capital Management in 1998 Alan Greenspan never let the system work, as he […]
Now for the weekly review of our commodity futures positions – current as of January 11, 2009. First, our top blog posts from the past week: Is It (Finally) Time to Short US Treasuries – And Make a Fortune? China Starting to Regurgitate US Debt Marc Faber on Bloomberg: World War III Has Already Begun […]
Now for the weekly review of our commodity futures positions – current as of January 4, 2009. First, our top blog posts from the past week: Expert Commodity Picks for 2009: Jim Rogers and Marc Faber GoldMoney Review: Gold Climbs for 8th Straight Year Jim Rogers on Kudlow: We’re going to have an inflationary nightmare […]
Top posts from the past week: Lean Hog Prices Poised to Climb in 2009 Why eBay is the Best Indicator of Gold’s Fair Value Our coverage of Marc Faber’s recent interview on CNBC from December 1st continues to see a lot of traffic. A review of our trades and positions from the previous week: Continued […]
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