User 170519's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.comuser/170519/comments http://seekingalpha.com/article/66398-the-rise-of-cotton-the-decline-of-supply?source=feed#comment-136125 136125 Pray for bad weather. ]]> Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:53:53 -0400 Pray for bad weather. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/66398-the-rise-of-cotton-the-decline-of-supply?source=feed#comment-135490 135490 five sessions after the International Cotton Advisory Committee
said global production will rise in the next marketing year.
Output will increase 3.3 percent to 26.9 million metric
tons in the year that begins Aug. 1, the ICAC said yesterday.
The group represents 44 cotton-producing and -consuming
countries. Use will rise 1.3 percent to 27.5 million tons,
dropping global stockpiles 5.5 percent to 10.96 million tons.
``There are still burdensome stocks,'' said Fain Shaffer,
president of Infinity Trading Corp. in Medford, Oregon.
Cotton for May delivery fell 0.27 cent, or 0.4 percent, to
70.18 cents a pound on ICE Futures U.S., formerly the New York
Board of Trade. The price has surged 32 percent from a year
ago, reaching a 12-year high of 92.86 cents on March 5.

]]> Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:37:41 -0400 five sessions after the International Cotton Advisory Committee
said global production will rise in the next marketing year.
Output will increase 3.3 percent to 26.9 million metric
tons in the year that begins Aug. 1, the ICAC said yesterday.
The group represents 44 cotton-producing and -consuming
countries. Use will rise 1.3 percent to 27.5 million tons,
dropping global stockpiles 5.5 percent to 10.96 million tons.
``There are still burdensome stocks,'' said Fain Shaffer,
president of Infinity Trading Corp. in Medford, Oregon.
Cotton for May delivery fell 0.27 cent, or 0.4 percent, to
70.18 cents a pound on ICE Futures U.S., formerly the New York
Board of Trade. The price has surged 32 percent from a year
ago, reaching a 12-year high of 92.86 cents on March 5.

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Im still amazed that you would argue with the rest of the world on a subject you havent traded in the past. Most of us have either worked on cotton farms as kids, or have been trading this for over 10 years.

Academic research is very often way off the mark. Thanks.]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:02:21 -0400
Im still amazed that you would argue with the rest of the world on a subject you havent traded in the past. Most of us have either worked on cotton farms as kids, or have been trading this for over 10 years.

Academic research is very often way off the mark. Thanks.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/66398-the-rise-of-cotton-the-decline-of-supply?source=feed#comment-134026 134026
"if you believe that 9.5m number out of the u.s. then why are you bullish on cotton?"

Should we sell? Are you selling your COTN?

Thanks

]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:36:02 -0400
"if you believe that 9.5m number out of the u.s. then why are you bullish on cotton?"

Should we sell? Are you selling your COTN?

Thanks

]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/66398-the-rise-of-cotton-the-decline-of-supply?source=feed#comment-134021 134021 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:23:25 -0400