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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.
Recent Posts Tagged With 'hot commodities'
Jurgens Bauer on Sugar's Outlook
One of my favorite commodity analysts to track is Jurgens Bauer, especially for his thoughts on the softs. I used to frequently post links to his columns when, I think, he wrote for Barchart.com, or was at least syndicated through them.He's since mo...
Facebook's All-Time Most Popular App Must Be Jim Rogers Approved
Go ahead - take a wild guess what Facebook's most popular app of all-time is.Did you guess - FarmVille?As reported by the blog Econsultancy:As the name suggests, FarmVille is a game that gives users the ability to "grow delicious fruits and vegetable...
Jim Rogers: I Would Not Be Buying Chinese Shares Right Now
Legendary investor and China bull Jim Rogers told Bloomberg that he hasn't bought any new Chinese stocks since November. He said they've risen too far, too fast, and that they will "probably collapse" at some point. Then, he'll buy more.Rogers is inv...
5 Easy Ways to Invest in Sugar...and Other Agricultural Commodities
One of the commonly asked questions on our recent reader survey (appreciate you checking it out here if you haven't already) was:How can I invest in sugar, and other agricultural commodites, without having to trade futures themselves?Opening a future...
This Just In...There's Too Much Damn Corn! Futures Get Trashed
Corn futures are getting absolutely trashed this morning...along with basically everything else in the commodities sector.July futures are down nearly 8% as I write, as the USDA just reported that corn stocks are up 6% from a month earlier. Obviousl...
Sugar Shines on Manic Tuesday, Nears a 3-Year High
It's been a manic start to the week for commodities and currencies...deflation was "back" yesterday, with investors running back to the dollar...and today inflation was the focus, with the dollar getting dumped!Last evening, we observed that sugar wa...
The Fourth Turning...Into the Greater Depression?
Take a minute to think about your view of human history, and our continued progression as a species.Do you believe human history is linear...always getting better...onward and upwards to a better existence?Is it chaotic...stuff happens, people react,...
Wheat, Corn Stocks Still at 30-Year Lows
Despite record harvests last year, corn and wheat stocks are still sitting near 30-year lows. Which means, anything short of a bumper crop could send the grains skywards once again.Here are some very cool charts, courtesy of Chris Mayer at DailyWea...
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 - ...
Jim Rogers in BusinessWeek - April 14, 2009
Our favorite investor, Jim Rogers, was recently interviewed by BusinessWeek magazine - he's been in the media quite a bit recently, plugging his new book A Gift to My Children: A Father's Lessons for Life and Investing, which is scheduled to be rele...
