Commodities: Correlating Trends with Opportunities

By Mark Mobius,  From mobius.blog.franklintempleton.com/2013/02/06/commodities-trends/ Commodity price inflation is both a social and an economic issue. In emerging markets in […]

Oxstones Food for Thought – February 2013 – Bathing Abe ready to flood neighbors and set the stage for the next asset bubble and crisis!

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Co-Founder, Chief Investment Strategist, Oxstones Investment Club History Prime Minister Abe and the LDP party are […]

‘Super cycle’ for forest products expected to send lumber prices up in 2013

By Gordon Hamilton, Vancouver Sun,   VANCOUVER — Lumber prices are expected to soar next year before hitting all-time highs […]

Will the Crop Crisis Trigger Inflation?

By Bud Conrad, Casey’s Research Our news media have not given enough attention to the very serious heat problems of […]

Falling Oil Prices Present a Great Opportunity – An Interview with Jim Rogers

By James Stafford, From oilprice.com site, World markets appear to be hovering over a precipice as Europe’s sovereign debt crisis, […]

Africa: Investing in the Cradle of Civilization, Part 3: Ghana’s Golden Opportunties

By Mark Mobius, mobius.blog.franklintempleton, This year could prove an interesting one for Africa’s west coastal country, Ghana. Presidential and parliamentary […]

U.S. Becomes World’s Bread Basket Again

By Douglas A. McIntyre, From 247WallSt site, New data from the Department of Agriculture shows that, as world demand for […]

The Fertile Land of Pakistan

From valuewalk, By Pakonomy, Pakistan’s agriculture sector has been labeled the country’s backbone so many times, that you would think […]

Being Like Soros in Buying Farmland Reaps Annual Gains of 16%

By Seth Lubove, Bloomberg, Perry Vieth baled hay on a neighbor’s farm in Wisconsin for two summers during high school […]

Goldman Sachs Calls For Much Lower Food Prices

By Paul Ausick, 247Wallst site,   Analysts at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) have reversed a forecast from just […]