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Next Stop: Gold $1,000 Gold has a date with destiny. Destiny may not be at the bar yet, but she’s now definitely circling the parking lot, looking for an open spot outside the Gold $1,000 comeback party.My comments on gold from last week’s commentary, which were verified to some extent by the continued rally this […]
Gold Breaking Out? Adam Hewison of INO.com believes the gold market is getting wound up, ready to explode higher (check out his free video here). Long time readers know that I believe gold is heading much higher, because inflation is heading much higher. Inflation is already through the roof – it’s just that we are […]
Stratfor reports that a major drought is threatening Argentina’s agricultural crop for 2009. According to the projections of the Buenos Aires Cereals Exchange published on Jan. 16, the country’s wheat yield for 2009 will be 8.7 million metric tons, down from 16.3 million in 2008 (domestic wheat consumption in 2007 was approximately 6.7 million metric […]
On Monday, the USDA released it’s agriculture supply and demand projections, which sent grains “limit down” for the day across the board, and many of the softs down sharply as well. That proved to be the worst of it – as grains slowly recovered during the week as the market digested the news, finishing the […]
Corn farmers could be in some trouble this year reports the Batavia News, an upstate New York newspaper. The (corn) price has been hovering near $4. That could be trouble for farmers if there is an average or below average crop.Many of his customers have ordered more soybean seed. That crop requires less fertilizer. New […]
Caught this piece in today’s WSJ – the recent rally in corn prices had many analysts scratching their heads after a record corn harvest. After today’s USDA report, corn prices are looking quite vulnerable in the near term, even after closing “limit down” today.
CHICAGO — A set of bearish government estimates released Monday reignited concerns about anemic demand amid a world recession and sent Chicago Board of Trade grain and oilseed futures plunging, analysts said. CBOT corn and soybean markets fell by their exchange-imposed daily trading limits. March corn fell 30 cents to $3.8075 per bushel while nearby […]
Grain futures plummeted today after the USDA issued it’s supply and demand report, which projected larger supplies than previously forecasted. You can read the gory details of the full report here – or glorious details – depending on which side of the trade you were on. Corn, soybeans, wheat, rough rice all basically closed “limit […]
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 […]
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