Commodities Trading: Watch the country, not just the commodity

“You get an idea of the fortunes that were to be made when that mine came into production, not just for everyone involved in the company, but also for the locals and indeed for the country. Unfortunately, that country was Ecuador.” — Dominic Frisby by Dominic Frisby, MoneyWeek Baltimore – [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Commodities Stocks: Big moves in energy

“Lee seems to have the golden touch. Despite all the talking heads in the world predicting a top to commodity prices, he just keeps finding new ways to make money.” — Steve McDonald by Steve McDonald, TodaysFinancialNews.com Baltimore — (TFN): The following was taken from the Under the Microscope video on TFN. Watch this [...]

Huge Moves In Energy

Baltimore — (TFN): No portfolio is complete without some exposure to oil, sugar, corn and the other consumables that make up the mercantile exchange. If nothing else, it will allow you to get in on the huge moves in the energy sector. Click here to watch the financial video and find out more. ****Make sure you sign [...]

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 [...]

Commodities Trading: Coal power plants don’t die

“There’s something very simple and compelling about the number 1,000. That’s how many coal-fired plants are scheduled to be built in the next five years, many of them in China and India.” — Andrew Gordon by Andrew Gordon Baltimore — (TFN): We love commodities here at Investor’s Daily Edge. My colleague Rusty McDougal lives and breathes [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Commodities Trading: The threatening water shortage

“Water stress was a link between rising food prices, disease and conflicts such as the one in Darfur.” — Chris Mayer by Chris Mayer Baltimore – (TFN): I’ll start in the tiny Swiss resort of Davos, the site of the World Economic Summit’s annual conference. Davos has long been a [...]

Commodities Trading: Investing in cash crops

“You don’t have to purchase futures and options contracts to invest in these commodity gems. I should know. I’ve been researching and recommending commodities since 2002… So I know it’s never been easier to trade raw materials with zero leverage and no margin!” — Eric Roseman by [...]

Commodities Trading: Gain from grains, despite the falling dollar

“No other asset class comes close to commodities over the last six years. Not stocks, not bonds, not real estate and not even most emerging markets. In fact, even during the worst credit crisis in the United States in 60 years, commodity benchmarks continue to hit new all-time highs [...]

Commodities Trading: Profit from pollution

"As always, crisis breeds opportunity in some areas and poses long-term risks in others." — Andrew Mickey by Andrew Mickey Baltimore – (TFN): It’s hard to believe, but true. An environmental “dead zone” has killed off everything in a 7,000 square-mile radius. Worse still, I’m not talking about some over-polluted region in Mongolia. [...]

Commodities Trading: An ethanol glut

“We’re on track to produce more ethanol than Congress wants. Between the planting seasons of 2007 and 2009, U.S. ethanol production is expected to overshoot by 8.3 billion gallons.” — Sara Nunnally by Sara Nunnally Baltimore – (TFN): This chart shows projected ethanol production in the billions of gallons (the [...]

Commodities Trading: Profiting from government stockpiles

"In the post-Cold War euphoria of the 1990s and early 2000s, the U.S. government sold off almost all of the strategic stockpile material (The Russians sold a lot as well, but not all of it — characteristically.)." — Byron King by Byron King Baltimore – (TFN): One of the lessons [...]

Commodities Trading: Aluminum’s Alcoa bribes (maybe) and buys

“After naming Merrill Lynch CEO Stan O’Neal (yes, that Stan O’Neal, the one who was forced to step down after revealing $8.4 billion in mortgage writedowns for the investment firm last fall) to its board, Alcoa and Chinese competitor Aluminum Corporation of China, or Chalco, as it’s known, bought a 9% stake (12% [...]

Commodities Trading: The perfect stock pick to profit from high food prices

“Agriculture is booming and shows no sign of slowing down. But one company is perfectly positioned to capitalize on the agriculture frenzy.” — Rick Pendergraft by Rick Pendergraft Baltimore – (TFN):  If you have been to the grocery store lately, you have noticed that almost everything - from milk [...]

Commodities Trading: More profits than gold or oil or…

"Most investors are agape at the move in crude oil, but it’s only the 12th best-performing commodity so far this year." — Chart of the Day by Taipan Chart of the Day Baltimore – (TFN):  Commodities are entering the next stage of a bull market even as the U.S. appears to [...]

Commodities Trading: Why so many Chinese in Toronto?

“They were all taking it very seriously indeed – hanging on to the every word of every speaker and scribbling away in their notebooks. So what were the noteworthy remarks the Chinese were jotting down?” — Dominic Frisby by Dominic Frisby Baltimore and London – (TFN):  I’ve just come back [...]

Commodities Trading: Copper could predict a commodities collapse

“Since 2006, base metals prices have gone into a sharp tailspin and corrected over 30% in the last 18 months. In 2007 alone, base metals declined over 20% even as other commodities were shooting to record highs. Why such a disconnect?” — Mike Burnick by Mike Burnick, The Sovereign [...]

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