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I am tracking and blogging about my commodities trading account. I began the account with $2K, and my goal is to turn that into $1,000,000. I track every trade in the blog, share reasoning behind each trade and position, and update the positions weekly.
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Why Trend Following is Your Only Hope for Investment Survival
Buy and hold. Stocks for the long run. Diversify. These investment mantras were gospel during the great bull market of the 80s and 90s.Drinking this Kool-Aid will get you slaughtered today.There is no freaking way I would "buy and hold" anything ri...
Stocks Down Today...So What Commodities Did Well?
Regular readers know that we've been anxiously awaiting the decoupling of commodities and currencies from stocks. These asset classes are historically uncorrelated. That changed late last year when the financial world ended, and everything went d...
Can Commodities Decouple From Stocks? This Week in Commodities
The biggest investing mistake I ever made was not getting out of commodities during the Great Deleveraging of '08/'09. I had a pretty good beat on the major trends - stocks were highly vulnerable, the US could be in for some very bad things, etc - ...
A Bear Market Rally on 'Roids? This Week in Commodities
How Bout a Little Shot of Inflation With Your Bear Market Rally?Well we've finally got the bear market rally many of us have been waiting for, kicking into high gear. I know I don't have to remind you, dear reader, that most of the largest stock ma...
A Long Overdue Sugar High
This morning, I authored a guest piece for the folks at Commodity News Center, breaking down the recent sugar rally. Regular readers will be quite familiar with the fundamental factors discussed. I always try to constantly re-examine my assumptio...
Soft Commodities are Starting to Scream: "Inflation!"
Milton Friedman said that inflation is "always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon." Judging by the recent price action in many of the soft and agricultural commodities, they appear to agree.Ben Bernanke, a student of the Great Depression, is maki...
Daily Show Spoof Investigates Socialism
The Daily Show sent correspondent Wyatt Cenac to Sweeden to "invesigate" the effects of socialsm in person. Hilarious bit - perfect for a Friday. The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10cThe Stockholm Syndromethedailyshow.comDaily ShowFull E...
Sugar Futures Rally, OJ Takes a Breather - This Week In Commodities
Sugar Futures Surge to a 6-Month HighSugar futures rallied nearly 4% on Friday, over half a cent, to close the week at 14.18. Looks like we've got a new breakout to the upside!Sugar futures continue their steady climb. (Source: Barchart.com)The m...
