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Fed Up With High Prices? July Opened A Window of Opportunity
After much economic activity this week, the Fed announced inflation moved “somewhat closer” to the objective and is showing signs of firming after running below its 2% target for the past two years. In the last June report from the United States Department of Labor, food prices continued to increase although at a slower pace and unleaded gasoline prices had…
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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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Commodities Countdown: Top 13 of 2013
Despite another year of flat performance from the S&P GSCI, it was a roller-coaster year with energy holding up the broad index while gold had its worst year since 1981. Below are the top 13 stories from 2013: 13. Risky Assets, Safe Havens or Lost Identities? All commodities in the S&P GSCI and the DJ-UBS…
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Where’s the beef?
While I was eating at a well-known restaurant chain, I saw this sign in the front window: So of course as a commodity lady my mind doesn’t think about choices like chicken or veggies, but I wonder what happened to the price of beef in the shortage and why is there a shortage? The…
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