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Taxis For Stockbrokers And Lamborghinis For Farmers

An excerpt from a Mar. 9 Business Week interview with Jim Rogers, creator of the Rogers International Commodities Index. Rogers presents a generally gloomy view of the economic outlook, except for commodities. “I really think agriculture is going to be the best place to be. Agriculture’s been a horrible business for 30 years. For decades
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T – for Mar. 5, 2009

he Japanese are regarded as the true pioneers of market technical analysis. They began trading forward rice contracts (Futures) in 1654 and over the next three centuries have developed many sophisticated ways to analyze the markets. One Japanese method of charting is called “Candlestick” because the individual lines resemble candles. While candlestick charts use the
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Will A World Wheat Contract Replace CBOT Futures?

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“The market is going to take care of itself, the banking system will be back in order, the risk management of the grain companies will be back in order, and everybody is not going to be terrified.” – GLENN HOLLANDER Is the grain industry ready for a world wheat futures contract? A year-long campaign to
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David drozd

Resistance is a term used to describe a price level where the selling of futures contracts is expected to halt the current upward move in market price. On the daily charts, these areas will appear as well-defined price ranges within which the market previously traded essentially sideways (A), prior to making a decisive move down.
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Europe’s farm chief will propose spending part of the unused EU agriculture budget to help countries finance rural development projects, including support for dairy industries and improved Internet access. Speaking to bloc farm ministers, EU agriculture commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel said up to 1.5 billion euros ( US$ 2 billion) could behandedout for certain schemes
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Canola’s upward advance stalls at resistance

David Drozd Resistance is a term used to describe a price level where the selling of futures contracts is expected to halt the current upward move in market price. On the daily charts, these areas will appear as well-defined price ranges within which the market previously traded essentially sideways (A), prior to making a decisive
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Choosing which debts to pay first

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Threats by debt collectors to ruin your credit score should not be a reason to move the debt to higher priority. Are you faced with making decisions on which debts to pay first due to lack of or limited income? You are not alone. Here’s some guidelines to help you set priorities. Always pay for
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Zambia wants to import farmers

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Zambia will award farmland to foreign investors in 2009 to improve agricultural production and curb food shortages, the country’s finance minister says. Situmbeko Musokotwane said the mineral-rich country would grant foreign and local investors land in farm blocs for them to grow more white maize for export to countries in southern Africa. Speaking at a
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Commodities lose diversification edge with crisis

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“There is nowhere to hide.” – BRIAN HICKS Using commodities to hedge potential losses in stock markets has not worked lately, and the tighter link among assets these days means diversification benefits may not be as great as before. Hedge funds, pension funds, mutual funds and wealthy individuals who invested in commodities on the theory
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Human nature causes history to repeat

David Drozd Recent volatile price action is similar to that seen in the early 1970s when markets realigned into a new higher trading range. Examining these more than three-decade-old patterns can reveal clues about future price direction; history often repeats itself because human nature never changes. If history should repeat, similar to trading patterns seen

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