Posts Tagged ‘ commodity prices ’

Falling Commodities and Inflation in the Wings

Nov 5th, 2008 | By Dan Denning | Category: Commodities, Emerging Markets, Macro Economics, Politics
Now to the big subject of the day: Inflation. You’d think evidence of even bigger deficits in the U.S. is clearly inflationary. But not everyone thinks so. The new prophet of doom, Dr. Nouriel Roubini, says at least four factors are setting up what he calls “Stag Deflation” (as opposed ...read more


Commodities Market

Jul 16th, 2008 | By Whiskey Contributor | Category: Commodities
2008 has been an incredible year for commodities. While this drastic shift in focus to our finite global resources may seem immediate to the vast majority of Earth’s inhabitants, it’s actually been coming for a very long time. Many of us out there who have been involved in commodities trading and ...read more


Gold Price Dip

Jun 30th, 2008 | By Adrian Ash | Category: Gold
It’s hard to be bullish on gold when there’s so much bad news in the world. After all, gold offers a refuge against bad times ahead. Like all good insurance, it’s best bought before trouble arrives — not during or after. And just how much worse can the news get from here? 1. ...read more


Inflation and Commodity Prices

Jun 18th, 2008 | By Ed Bugos | Category: Commodities, Currencies, Macro Economics
Last week, amid a stream of bearish economic news, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, asserted his priority on price stability and uttered the word “dollar,” as if turning a new leaf. He did that to get your attention. Fed chairs rarely ever say that word, for reasons that Greenspan ...read more