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Commodities Trading: Did ethanol cause high food prices?

“The Bush administration is currently disputing the International Monetary Fund’s claim that increased production of biofuels, namely ethanol, is the biggest factor in rising food prices.” — Jason Simpkins by Jason Simpkins, Money Morning Baltimore — (TFN): U.S. consumer prices rose less than forecast in the month of April, assuaging some inflation fears, but food prices experienced [...]

Gold Prices: Hedging your bets

“That key marker of investor anxiety, the gold price, fell 15 percent from its top of mid-March to the end of April. The preceding surge had taken gold bullion up from $650 per ounce in August to above $1,030 the day after Bear Stearns was sold to J.P. Morgan.” [...]

Gold Prices: Why the drop?

“Take, for example, the recent news stories regarding the Gold market. According to the in-crowd, three main coordinates will always point gold prices due NORTH.” — Nico Isaac Blogger’s note: Despite the dollar being down and other resources being up, gold has fallen in the last month. So what’s going on with the yellow [...]

Lost and Found: A natural resource resurfaces

“It’s a metal that, like other natural resources, has been around a long time. People thought it was some sort of lead compound. It was, however, officially “discovered” by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele in 1778.” — Chris Mayer by Chris Mayer Baltimore – (TFN): The highest natural arch [...]

Technical Analysis: Precious metals peaked?

“Short term gold must hold $850 or run the risk of running to $825.” — Warren Bevan Blogger’s note: Warren Bevan operates the Precious Metal Stock Review website. And he recently offered Penny Sleuth readers advice on their metals investments. In his words, “Either way we look at it the metals will be higher this time [...]

Commodities Trading: Boom or bust?

“Most people are concerned about the rising costs of commodities. Investors and fund managers are always asking me if this is a commodities bubble and when it will burst.” — Kevin Kerr by Kevin Kerr Baltimore – (TFN): It seems everywhere I go, people want to learn more about [...]

Update: 37% gains on Saskatchewan Potash Corporation (POT:NYSE)

by J. Christoph Amberger Baltimore — (TFN): Some of our dear friends in the financial publishing business really don’t like our Hot Stock Pick of the Week. One executive told me that giving away a free stock recommendation a week is more than most trading information services offer that retail for thousands of dollars. (Of course, [...]

Technical Analysis: “Gold’s uptrend ended on March 17!”

Blogger’s Note: There’s a surefire way to tell the approaching end of a bubble: The sellers of bubble commodities… Internet shooting stars and brokers, real estate brokers and developers, and, most recently, gold coin salesmen… splurge on television and newspaper advertising. Of course, there are more scientific methods: Elliott Wave analysis called for a steep [...]

Dollar Reversal: Is the commodities bubble ready to deflate?

by J. Christoph Amberger Baltimore — (TFN): Declining from an all-time low of almost $1.60 per euro in April, the dollar has risen on better-than-expected economic data. After unexpected (if only nominally) positive GDP growth in the first quarter, unexpected (if only nominally) positive job growth in April, the Commerce Department announced on May 1 that [...]

Commodities Trading: Not-so-free rice

“On April 1, 2008, I landed in the second-largest rice-exporting nation in the world. This wasn’t always the case, though.” — Sara Nunnally by Sara Nunnally Baltimore – (TFN): Vietnam’s rice industry came out of nowhere. The Economist has a neat article titled, “From Basket Case to Rice Basket” that you [...]

Food Prices: The road to revolution?

by John Browne, Senior Market Strategist Euro Pacific Capital Baltimore — (TFN): Last week, food shortage became an American reality. Costco, Wal-Mart and other food stores limited the purchase of certain food staples in bulk form. Purchases of rice in California and of oil and flour in Queens were restricted. Customers were angry, voicing strong concern [...]

Waterworld: Irrigation and solar energy

“You may not be aware of the impacts that fuel and electricity prices have on water supply… Today, dear reader, we have the solution and one micro cap with the solar energy technology to solve this problem.” — Jim Nelson Blogger’s note: The first thing you think of when considering fuel [...]

Corn Prices: A cold spring means higher prices

“America is the world’s king of corn. If our crop is going to be light, that puts corn prices on the launch pad.” — Justice Litle by Justice Litle Baltimore — (TFN): You can see (in this chart) that corn looks ready to challenge its recent high — and on rising volume, too. Now for the fundamentals behind [...]

Dwindling Natural Resources: A famine is on its way

“Neo-Malthusianism has a tragic message for the modern world.” — Lord William Rees-Mogg Blogger’s note: Thomas Robert Malthus was a 19th century economic theorist who predicted the world’s natural resources could not keep up with its population growth. We managed to avert this situation in the last century, but Lord William Rees-Mogg of Whiskey and [...]

Market Expert: “$1,200 gold not out of the question.”

by Krista Das Baltimore — (TFN): The state of the U.S. economy has been a source of much controversy. Are we in a recession? Could we actually be slipping into a depression? Just how bad are things going to get and when are the mass layoffs, the continued devaluation of the dollar, and poor stock performance [...]

Commodities Trading: Sulfuric acid makes the world go round

“Sulfuric acid prices in March hit a record high of $329/ton, according to Purchasingdata.com, after trading at $90/ton as recently as October.” — Chris Mayer by Chris Mayer Baltimore – (TFN): Interesting how certain investment threads come together… I read recently that copper producers are complaining about the skyrocketing costs of sulfuric [...]

Investing in Uranium: Nuclear energy going cheap

“People have been calling the bottom in uranium for some six months or more now, and they’ve all been wrong.” — Dominic Frisby by Dominic Frisby Baltimore – (TFN): If there’s one area of the commodities markets that’s looking extremely cheap right now, I would say it’s uranium. Or rather [...]

Commodities Trading: Food riots and cash crops

“What has sparked such energy from bureaucrats better known for their plodding nature? Nothing sets a fire under such folks like a good food riot.” — Adam Lass by Adam Lass Baltimore – (TFN): Brick-throwing crowds have been reported in Egypt, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal and Ethiopia. But these are not [...]

Steel Prices: The ETF doesn’t lie

“In the past, you might have expected steel stocks to get hit hard by a U.S. slowdown and open talk of recession. But now there is so much construction taking place, America has become a much smaller piece of the puzzle.” — Justice Litle Blogger’s note: With a U.S. recession on [...]

Canadian Mining Stocks: China Gold buys part of Jinshan Gold Mines

“Last week it was announced that China’s largest state-owned gold mining company, the imaginatively-named China Gold, had bought a 42% position in the company. Why have the Chinese done this? And what is the significance for Jinshan?” — Dominic Frisby by Dominic Frisby Baltimore & London – (TFN): [...]

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