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Using Futures To Hedge Your House
Image of House on CalculatorHardAssetsInvestor.com's Managing Editor Brad Zigler illustrates how constantly monitoring market conditions will help determine if a continuing hedge is necessary.
  • Shorting REITs a hit-and-miss
  • Basis Risk 101
  • The expensive "insurance" cover
Administrator Monday, 11 August 2008
 
Using Futures To Hedge Your House
Image of House on CalculatorHardAssetsInvestor.com's Managing Editor Brad Zigler illustrates how constantly monitoring market conditions will help determine if a continuing hedge is necessary.
  • Shorting REITs a hit-and-miss
  • Basis Risk 101
  • The expensive "insurance" cover
Administrator Monday, 11 August 2008
 
Using Futures To Hedge Your House (Test)
Image of House on CalculatorHardAssetsInvestor.com's Managing Editor Brad Zigler illustrates how constantly monitoring market conditions will help determine if a continuing hedge is necessary.
  • Shorting REITs a hit-and-miss
  • Basis Risk 101
  • The expensive "insurance" cover
Administrator Monday, 11 August 2008
 
Using Futures To Hedge Your House
Image of House on CalculatorHardAssetsInvestor.com's Managing Editor Brad Zigler illustrates how constantly monitoring market conditions will help determine if a continuing hedge is necessary.
  • Shorting REITs a hit-and-miss
  • Basis Risk 101
  • The expensive "insurance" cover
Administrator Monday, 11 August 2008
 
Barrick Gold Becomes An Oil Producer?
Image of Oil WellThe mining company's move into oil may seem odd, but it just might start a trend.
  • The economics of owning your own oil
  • Floating in cash flow
  • What's next in integration

 

Administrator Friday, 08 August 2008
 
Chinese Aluminum Woes.. (Test1)
Photo of coalAs the world's eye turns to Beijing for the Olympics, the energy chain ripples from earthquakes to aluminum.
  • The Chinese coal market: small and dangerous
  • Mixed signals in coal production
  • Slowing growth from a giant AL producer
Administrator Tuesday, 05 August 2008
 
Nothing Corny About Corn
Image of ear of cornAn update on one of the most unpredictable and volatile agriculture commodities of late - corn - and what might be in store.
  • Planting not as weak as thought
  • Decline in crop size despite higher planting
  • Volatility likely to continue
Administrator Monday, 28 July 2008
 
Nothing Corny About Corn
Image of ear of cornAn update on one of the most unpredictable and volatile agriculture commodities of late - corn - and what might be in store.
  • Planting not as weak as thought
  • Decline in crop size despite higher planting
  • Volatility likely to continue
Administrator Monday, 28 July 2008
 
Chinese Aluminum Woes. (Test)
Photo of coalAs the world's eye turns to Beijing for the Olympics, the energy chain ripples from earthquakes to aluminum.
  • The Chinese coal market: small and dangerous
  • Mixed signals in coal production
  • Slowing growth from a giant AL producer
Administrator Friday, 25 July 2008
 
Chinese Aluminum Woes (Test)
Photo of coalAs the world's eye turns to Beijing for the Olympics, the energy chain ripples from earthquakes to aluminum.
  • The Chinese coal market: small and dangerous
  • Mixed signals in coal production
  • Slowing growth from a giant AL producer
Administrator Friday, 25 July 2008
 
Energy: The Year in (P)review (Test)
Image of barrel of oil2008 is half over and it's been all about oil. What in the name of Walt Disney happened? And where do we go from here?
  • Oil's primacy
  • OPEC, seasonality and war
  • Politics and Russian arms
Julian Murdoch Wednesday, 23 July 2008
 
Hey! We Found Corn!

The classic good news/bad news story played itself out Monday in the CBOT corn pit. Digesting the Agriculture Department's latest quarterly acreage report, corn futures gapped lower into limit-down territory, below $7.25 a bushel.

Brad Zigler Tuesday, 01 July 2008
 
Bearishly Bullish On Corn
Generic chartHardAssetsInvestor.com's Managing Editor Brad Zigler unearths what the recent Midwest flooding means for crop harvesting, in dollars and cents.
  • Comparing flood years
  • What's the upside?
  • The behavior of wheat
Brad Zigler Saturday, 28 June 2008
 
CPO Has Soured On Sweetening
Our June 16 podcast led with a report on the misery wrought upon Corn Products International (NYSE: CPO) by the torrential rains in the Midwest. This month, Illinois-based CPO proved as adept at producing red ink as it has been turning out sweeteners and starches.
Brad Zigler Monday, 23 June 2008
 
Corn, Ethanol And Water
Ear of Corn entering gas tankWhat happens when the ethanol belt turns into a flood zone?
  • Betting on the weather
  • Diminishing corn quality
  • Downstream ethanol effects

 

Julian Murdoch Friday, 20 June 2008
 
Ethanol Margins Turn Negative
Last week, as reported in "Soybean Crush Crushed," soybean processing margins were compressed to a year-to-date low of 4.6%, or 63 cents a bushel.
Brad Zigler Tuesday, 10 June 2008
 
Are We At The Bottom Of The Ethanol Barrel?
Managing editor of HardAssetsInvestor.com Brad Zigler examines the viability of meeting the U.S. 2022 biofuels mandate.
  • The squeeze is on
  • Factoring the corn crush equation
  • Have ethanol producers' fortunes turned?
Brad Zigler Tuesday, 20 May 2008
 
Ag Update

We're in prime USDA report season, the seeds are going in the ground and investors are waffling.

  • Aftermath of the prospective plantings report
  • Crop progress and the biofuels update
  • The rice crisis
Julian Murdoch Thursday, 15 May 2008
 
A Bumper Crop Of Agricultural Products
Managing editor of HardAssetsInvestor.com
Brad Zigler talks turkey about the plethora of
ag products coming to market.
  • Well-timed bonanza
  • Volume tells the story
  • The ETN skew

 

Brad Zigler Wednesday, 07 May 2008
 
Rained Out: No Pure Corn Play

Among bull markets, corn is still a king. Other agricultural commodities may be swooning, but corn's holding its own. May CBOT futures are up nearly 38% year to date.

Brad Zigler Monday, 05 May 2008
 
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