by Mac Slavo | Feb 9, 2009 | Commodities, Emergency Preparedness, Headline News
You’ve no doubt read the reports and seen the videos all over the web regarding the severity of droughts in major food producing nations. Eric deCarbonnel, of Market Skeptics, wrote an excellent article titled Catastrophic Decline in 2009 Global Food Production...
by Mac Slavo | Jan 27, 2009 | Commodities, Forecasting, Precious Metals
As I thought about what to discuss first as a contributor to this site, I decided to take on the form of Mac Slavo’s opposite; his “Luke Skywalker” fighting against the evil heaving breath of a dark outlook that is our economy. That being said, I...
by Mac Slavo | Jan 14, 2009 | Commodities, Forecasting
Off over $100 since its high in mid-2008, oil seems set to be set for some upward movement. Internationally renound commodities investor Jim Rogers was recently quoted on his forecast: We’re going to see US$200 oil at some point, it may be by 2013. It’s a...
by Mac Slavo | Jan 13, 2009 | Commodities, Precious Metals
The recent price lows of Rhodium ($1200 an ounce) suggest that investors are worried about its future needs in car manufacturing. Rhodium, a noble metal, is primarily used in catalytic converters for combustion engine vehicles. Because of the recent down-turn in the...
by Mac Slavo | Jan 11, 2009 | Commodities, Forecasting
A recently published story by independent columnist Lynn Cohen-Cole recently, Monsanto Investigator in Illinois Laughs They Are Doing ‘Rural Cleansing’Â , reports that Monstanto has begun serving warrants on seed cleaners. Though not a well-known...
by Mac Slavo | Jan 10, 2009 | Commodities
Ron Rowland’s recent article lists fund on the ETF and ETN Death Watch . As a casual investor, I often wonder about the risks associated with investing in ETN’s — and there are a few — but I didn’t really think ETF’s could come...
