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Happy Valentine’s Day: Cocoa Hits Lowest Since 2008
If you buy a little extra chocolate this year for your Valentine, your wallet will be as happy as your sweetheart. The S&P GSCI Cocoa is at its lowest level (closing Feb. 10, 2017) since Nov. 13, 2008. It is down 31.3% since last year and is the single commodity with the biggest loss in…
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The Scary Thing About Falling Oil Prices
I don’t believe what the gas experts say, “that there is nowhere for gas prices to go but down.” After another bloodshed month for crude oil as evidenced by the S&P GSCI Crude Oil return of -10.9% in Oct, bringing it down 24.6% off its high on June 20, one might get excited about further savings…
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Climate Change May Destroy The Risk Premium
I fear the risk premium for agriculture and livestock may vanish sometime soon as climate change and El Nino drive up food prices. When investing in commodities as an asset class there are five components of return to be earned by using futures. While each component’s contribution to performance varies through time depending on the…
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COCOA Is The New Valentine
Perception might be that lovers everywhere have always enjoyed the confection of affection, chocolate. However, it has taken some time for many Asian countries to adopt the taste, but it seems now they have fallen in love. The Singapore-based Cocoa Association of Asia said that in the fourth quarter of 2013 demand rose 10% from Asia including Malaysia, Singapore…
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Skipping Dessert?! Coffee, Sugar, Cocoa OR Bear, Bear, Bull
Sorry, grains and meats, you are not one of the four main food groups. Since this is the case, eating may have just become more expensive, especially for the high-end chocolate lover. Not me of course… but once again, as a commodity lady, when I consume goods (or goodies) and notice that prices are increasing…
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