StateofConfusion

What I'm Reading This Week: Commodities, Inflation and BRICs

richjoy, well said and correct. But this will only happen if we get the neoconservative freaks our of office. While McCain would certainly be better than Bush, the Republicans have had their chance to do something and must be replaced.

Too many people know little to nothing about what needs to be done and the Karl Rove tacticts of fear and lies are rising again. I hope the people come to their senses and stop listening to the ads.

Friday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets

I think the European mindset is due to the fact they have been around longer than we (US) have. they have limited land, population (they have been fooled already by Muslim immigration) and they value craftmanship. So they go for high quality, lower volumn. They are the opposite end of the spectrum of China.
For the US, we depend more on China to keep inflation in check. I regret the loss of American job and think this may be our destruction but if we had not imported low price goods from China, Pakistan, Mexico, etc. what would be the value of the dollar now, probably half.
I think DBC is good to buy as it drifts downward for a short time.

Making Sense of Commodity Products

This article puts a lot of reasons for selecting an ETF in perspective. Personally I don't give much weight to the spread as i would buy at a certain price only if I think there is a good chance of a large gain over the coming year. I own some DBC as it includes Ag and Energy.
some say to own real assets like silver but beyond owning a small amount of this (like silver quarters) I question if this is of any worth. If the futures market failed, would there still be food on the store shelves and would owning SLV make any difference? Could some deeper financial genius comment on that?

Get Out of Commodities - Barron's

FrFlyer, thanks for your insightful post.

Jersey, you are correct and you will notice my post name as it says the same thing. Everyone is so sure of their views on commodities but there are opposite views. If the Chinese economy collaspes then commodity prices will go down, it not, they will rise. However, food is a necessity and it can't rise too high or people will starve and they will revolt.
I would place my bets for the long term in oil, alt. energy, and silver. All will be needed and are presently becoming in short supply.