jimidean

AgFeed: Major Selloff Creates an Opportunity to Buy

i use chinaswine for livehog prices, none of the reporting areas currently report prices aboves 14 which is what I estimate is breakeven for most hog opertions in china

AgFeed: Major Selloff Creates an Opportunity to Buy

USA Lean Hog future prices are meangingless to FEED fundamentals. The trend in Live Hog prices in China is what is important to FEED.

Pigging Out on Zhongpin

<Looks to me like Quarterly Revenue growth is similar>

check out the last three quarters sequential sales growth. FEED's growth was near zero. Coincides with their decision to try their hand at pig raising.

Pigging Out on Zhongpin

< Pork consumption is growing,>

Oh really, here is what the usda shows for domestic pork consumption in the PRC for 2004-2007:
tiny.cc/kl4Vu


it has gone done over the last 4years. China may be growing but according to the usda its' domestic comsumption of pork certainly hasn't.

Zhongpin, Inc.: HOGS Can Fly

<They prefer warm meat (slaughtered night before) from conventional vendors. > So did Americans 60 years ago. People change.


<will be a risk factor in investing in pig-raising enterprises>

This company doesn't raise pigs, it buys them and then processess them.

Zhongpin, Inc.: HOGS Can Fly

<Their stock will drop when people see this mess. >

Yes indeed, the Chinese People will stop eating pork because of the Olympics. Just like Americans stopped eating at McDonalds after the Olympic Park Bombing.

Screening for Potential Buyout Targets

Curious as to how a copany like HLS would pass the debt to equity screen. It has no equity.

Considering DBV, But Urging Moderation

hi Roger, i wish the company would clear this issue up, not exactly an insignificant issue in my opinion. What troubles me most is an issue like this should not even be an issue. Just give us transparency as to what the ETF is doing.

james

Considering DBV, But Urging Moderation

If the United States Dollar is one of the selected six currencies, the Index will not enter into a futures position in USD because USD is the Index's home currency and, consequently, the Index cannot enjoy profit or suffer loss from long or short futures positions in USD.



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