Investors still looking for long-term protection against the risks of high inflation in the future might find better value in real estate, such as in investment properties, and in commodities, both of which look cheap compared with their long-term averages.
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Gold pulled back from its record highs this week when equities fell sharply Thursday, with several analysts at the time citing selling of gold to raise cash to cover losses and margin calls in equities and other commodities that were in a freefall.
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Steel said prices could continue to be under pressure because of end-of-year liquidation and book-squaring by hedge funds and money managers, and weakness in oil and other commodities.
They anticipate more loose money and more bouncy prices in stocks and commodities.
But it was objections from Rio's shareholders, and a recovery in commodities prices which lifted mining firms' share prices and made the proposed deal with Chinalco look too generous, that ultimately scuppered the plan.
The continued fall in the value of the dollar on foreign exchange markets and against commodities in general and gold in particular are sure indicators that this is the leading edge of a breakout in inflation.
Another hang-up for gold is the lack of interest in general by non-traditional market players for the yellow metal and commodities in general.
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Verma is focused on making Lanworth as ubiquitous in farm and forest commodities as Dow Jones is in equity markets.
Average daily trading volume in May alone was 7% lower than the first quarter in commodities and 14% lower in credit.
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We have to fear that another round of quantitative easing will do no more than devalue the dollar as a paper currency and lead to more speculation in gold and other commodities.
Koch is among the world's largest oil traders, the third-largest in natural gas, and makes markets in dozens of commodities like propane, ammonia, coal, electric power and weather.
Hundred-dollar oil prices, creeping inflation in food and other commodities, gold behaving the way it did in 1979--could we be in for a repeat of stagflation?
They are beginning to experience exactly the same dilemma faced by their counterparts in America and Europe: how to set monetary policy when threatened with an American-led downturn on the one hand, and rises in the prices of commodities and food on the other.
The Federal Reserve's reckless, loose-money policy in 2004 and again in the summer of 2007 led to a catastrophic inflation in the commodities and housing markets.
The good news: Coffee prices and soft commodities in general are expected to keep moving higher, making JO worth a look.
Recessions are price-negative for gold and commodities in general.
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There's also a call for the G20 this autumn to co-ordinate action in a bid to bring down inflationary pressures, which looks like a heavy hint that the oil price and speculation in other commodities should be constrained.
Dubbed QE3, this latest Fed threat to debase the dollar lifted the price of gold, oil and other commodities in August, as investors priced in the prospect that the Fed will be dumping more dollars into the system before the election.
In his day job David Nahmad is a risk-taker, trading millions of dollars in currencies and commodities, as well as betting hundreds of thousands on backgammon in Monte Carlo--he holds the 1996 world title.
Many of these nations are rich in natural resources and commodities which will become very important in the next decade as the fuel of economic growth.
Just as investors in most mutual funds and ETFs don't realize they are technically buying shares in an "investment company, " investors in commodities ETFs and some other ETFs may not realize they are investing in portfolios that are set up as trusts or limited partnerships.
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Japanese trading houses, long big players in global energy and commodities markets, recently have stepped up acquisitions in the global water business.
Severe price drops in commodities eerily replayed the 1920s, when another roaring stock market hid another baby depression in farm and commodities prices.
James Cordier, portfolio manager, Liberty Trading, said a stronger U.S. dollar versus the euro and yen likely played a part in pressuring copper and other commodities.
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Japanese trading houses, long major players in global energy and commodities markets, recently have stepped up acquisitions in the global water business as they seek to tap a growth market with stable cash flow.
Commodities prices have surged in 2010 and that includes agriculture commodities.
He said a big factor was that only a month before Japan had moved their currency dramatically, and a lot of people borrowed in the Japanese yen to invest in various commodities and instruments.
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One of the hottest new issues of the summer, shares in the derivatives and commodities trading firm opened above their target range and surged 25% in the first trading session.
The World Bank said that "households and businesses in regions highly dependent on commodities for livelihoods and income could feel significant localized impacts" due to softening commodity prices.
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