Deadliest Catch Captains Show Off Their Global Economics and Forex Knowledge
One of the best shows on cable television, at least in my opinion, has to be Discovery Channel’s hit show Deadliest Catch. Where a group of uber grouchy, Type A personality crab boat captains risk...
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10 Reasons Why Investing in Gold is a Bad Idea
The majority of the investing world, like countless times throughout history, has once again found itself spellbound by gold’s luster and I’m here to tell you why I think gold is a bad investment. I’m...
View ArticleInvesting in Gold? Don’t Forget About Women & Sheep!
Leave it to Colbert’s crack team of writers and producers to catch weeks of targeted advertisements and distill them into an easily observable trend. This time, it’s gold coin and bullion distributors...
View ArticleGreen Energy Still Dependent Upon Mining
Looks like the old adage “If you want to make an omelet, you have to break a few eggs” holds true in the case of green technology and renewable energy. You want to go on a path to a green future? That...
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Think Speculators Don’t Influence Markets, Think Again
I get a laugh out of folks who say… speculators have little or no effect in the everyday lives of consumers. Really? Wheat futures Ostensibly, it’s never a good thing when a vast supply of any...
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How the Great Recession Changed Our Spending Habits
Excellent chartporn from the Wall Street Journal in how the Great Recession altered American’s spending habits broken down in income quintiles (five 20% groupings). [click to enlarge image] Notice the...
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Chartology: Visualizing Food Inflation
Unless you have fallen victim to the silent taxation effect of the dastardly grocery store shrink ray (e.g. less food in the container), you would know that food inflation is here in a major way. In...
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Thanksgiving Dinner, Food Inflation, & the Grocery Store Shrink Ray
Interesting segment here from CNBC’s Jane Wells, who does an annual cost comparison of what a proper Thanksgiving dinner cost her in 2009 versus 2010 in southern California. [video] What doesn’t get...
View ArticleCNBC: Investing Out, Bullish ‘Parabolic’ Moves In
While CNBC is a valued resource to many, including myself, many long time viewers I’ve spoken with are troubled by it’s continued evolution into a sponsor (too) friendly, investment product marketing...
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2010 Remembered as the Year of (Hyper)Inflation?
2010 will likely be remembered as a year of the melt up recovery and as a return to all things financially sanguine, but for commodity traders and chartists who keep watchful eyes on the commodities...
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Chartology: Setting Up for Commodities Bubble Part Deux?
Right on cue, I’m starting to field reader questions about commodities. In particular, are companies who sell oil, fertilizer or any other raw commodity might need to fuel their rapidly growing...
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Get Ready for More Inflation Pain at the Checkout Counter
Hooray for quantitative easing… By the fall, people will most likely be paying more … as rising prices hit most consumer goods, say retailers, food companies and manufacturers of consumer products....
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Trading ‘Food Inflation’ Not for the Novice Investor
Just because you fancy yourself a momentum trader even though you’ve had your E*Trade account for a whole year, it doesn’t mean you should rush out and try to make money on whatever NBC Nightly News...
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Saudi Arabia Revolution: Oil Back to 2007 Highs?
If you think 2007 oil bubble highs of $147 per barrel based on “global demand” was bad, just imagine what’s going to happen to oil prices if the stalwart of Middle Eastern oil production stability —...
View ArticleGen Y, the Farmers?
When it’s tough to find a job or you’re limited to part time employment, plus up to your eyeballs in student loan debt, it would seem logical that you don”t have much of a choice but to grow your own...
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