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a good or service, for example, cotton, wool, or a laptop computer, resulting from a production process
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Wallstrip Gas and Oil
Julie hits the streets to find out how badly the sky high oil prices are squeezing New Yorkers at the pump.
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Videos 2008-05-05
A Look at Commodities Investing Over the Long Term
On Wednesday, we looked at the proper way to consider an investment in commodities. Today, we'll look at how commodities have performed as a diversifier over the long term. by Larry Swedroe
Tags: Commodity, Commodities Investment, Larry Swedroe
Blog posts 2009-07-31
Commodity Fund That Tracks Global Coal Price
Mike Havrilla submits: The accompanying table click to enlarge contains a summary and statistics for 16 ETFI global equity indexes and two commodity pool fund ideas, with the short/inverse and defensive themes outpacing the overall market averages over the past year in the midst of ongoing market turmoil around the...
Tags: Commodity, Equity, Seeking Alpha, Mike Havrilla, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Retail, Telecom, ETF, Healthcare, Transport, Materials/Industrials
External links 2008-10-26
Staying Away from iShares MSCI Brazil ETF
Max Zeledon submits: I wrote a piece here last May about why I disliked the iShares MSCI Brazil ETF EWZ. Much of what I said was predictable given the nature of how Latin American economies are structured. Fundamentally speaking, EWZ is a commodities play rather than a true economy-wide index...
Tags: Commodity, Seeking Alpha, Investment, Finance, Max Zeledon, Emerging Markets, ETF
External links 2008-10-23
Timber Trade: A New Commodity Pool Fund
Mike Havrilla submits: click to enlarge by Mike Havrilla
Tags: Commodity, Seeking Alpha, Mike Havrilla, ETF, Materials/Industrials
External links 2008-10-21
Apex Silver Mines Might Be a Promising Short Play Now
J. Christoph Amberger submits: Crashing commodities prices are not just putting hedge fund managers into a jam, they're also putting resource producers at risk. The price surge triggered by the commodities super-cycle had been a boon to large-scale miners in particular. Soaring prices for oil, nickel,...
Tags: Commodity, Seeking Alpha, J. Christoph Amberger, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Gold & Precious Metals
External links 2008-10-17
The Dow Chemical Co. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Our first question will come from PJ Juvekar with Citigroup. PJ Juvekar - Citigroup Yes, Good morning Andrew. Andrew Liveris Good morning PJ PJ Juvekar - Citigroup Your prices have declined sequentially in most of the segments and your large German competitor made some cautious...
Tags: Commodity, Call Transcript, The Dow Chemical Co., Earnings, Citigroup Inc., Asia, IT Sector, Asset Management, Pricing, Marketing Research, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Marketing, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-07-31
Wendy's/Arby's Group, Inc. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Michael Gallo - C.L. King & Associates, Inc.. Michael Gallo - C.L. King & Associates, Inc. The question I have is on the company margins at Wendy's. Could you talk in more detail, Roland, Steve, about where...
Tags: Commodity, Call Transcript, Earnings, Wendy's/Arby, Restaurant Manager, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Seeking Alpha, Wendy's International Inc.
Earnings calls 2009-05-07
Landry's Restaurants Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator Instructions. Our first question comes from the line of Michael Gallo with CL King. Please go ahead. Michael Gallo - CL King & Associates Hi, good morning. Question I have is around cost reduction opportunities. You obviously typically, run I think a pretty tight...
Tags: Commodity, Cost Reduction, Call Transcript, Earnings, Landry, Shrimp, Sales Strategy, Sales, Seeking Alpha, Landry's Restaurants Inc.
Earnings calls 2009-03-16
The Toro Company F4Q08 (Qtr End 11/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Jim Lucas from Janney Montgomery Scott. Jim Lucas - Janney Montgomery Scott I have a couple of house keeping questions before I dive into the big picture. The FX benefit in the fourth quarter, could you help...
Tags: Commodity, Call Transcript, Earnings, Sales Strategy, Sales, Seeking Alpha, Toro Co.
Earnings calls 2008-12-09
Inside Commodities: Is the Bull Run Over, or Just Taking a Break?
Grace Cheng submits: On Monday (3 Nov 2008) I attended the Inside Commodities conference at the New York Stock Exchange NYSE. The conference was organized by IndexUniverse and hosted at the NYSE. Since the NYSE has acquired AMEX and is boosting its offering of exchange-traded funds ETFs, a lot of...
Tags: Commodity, ETF, Financial Services, Grace Cheng, NYSE Euronext, Seeking Alpha, Streettracks Gold Trust
External links 2008-11-05
Stay Away from Commodities at the Beginning of Economic Downturns
Steven Hansen submits: Some analysts have suggested purchasing commodities as a way of diversifying portfolios as a defensive measure for the upcoming recession. Using data from the USGS, I have charted the percent price change of certain commodities during the last three global recessions: by Steven Hansen
Tags: Commodity, Recession, Seeking Alpha, Steven Hansen, Materials/Industrials
External links 2008-11-06
Gold's Relative Appeal
Brett Steenbarger submits: Gold is unusual in that it is both a commodity and a surrogate currency. While gold's value has fallen along with other commodities, note that it has also displayed relative strength with respect to other commodities since the mid-year swoon. The chart above depicts the ratio...
Tags: Commodity, Seeking Alpha, Brett Steenbarger, Financial Services, Financial Planning, Finance, Streettracks Gold Trust, Gold & Precious Metals
External links 2008-11-07
What to Consider When Investing in Commodities
There's a lot of misinformation out there about investing in commodities. Here's some of what you need to know about the right way to invest in commodities. by Larry Swedroe
Tags: Commodity, Larry Swedroe
Blog posts 2009-06-04
Gold, Oil, and More: 5 Rules for Investing in Commodities
Diversifying your portfolio with a natural resources mutual fund or ETF will lower its volatility, offer a hedge against the dollar and ? usually ? provide some protection against stock market losses. You’ve heard about the importance of diversifying ad nauseam, and commodities will also help diversify your portfolio....
Tags: Commodity, ETF, Stock, MoneyWatch, DJ-UBS Commodity Index, Morningstar.com, Goldman Sachs Commodity Index, Mutual Funds, Financial Services, Investment, Retirement Plans, Human Resources, Benefits, Finance, Commodities, Larry Swedroe, Roger Gibson, Gibson Capital Management, Jeremy Grantham, GMO, Commodity Mutual Funds, Exchange Traded Funds, ETN, Exchange Traded Notes, Commodity ETF, Russell Wild, S&P Goldman Sachs Commodity Index, iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust ETF, GSG, Credit Suisse Commodity Return Strategy A, CRSOX, Pimco Real Return Strategy D, PCRDX, T. Rowe Price New Era, PRNEX, Thomson Reuters/Jefferies CRB Commodity Equity Index Fund, CRBQ, James Picerno
Articles 2009-10-16
Commodities: Future ETFs Worth Investing In
Todd Sullivan submits: I have been getting a bunch of emails lately about commodities. The following excerpt from Roubini's RGE Monitor was emailed to me yesterday: Today we turn our attention to commodities, which have been badly battered by the global financial crisis, deleveraging and a worsening economic outlook,...
Tags: Commodity, ETF, Seeking Alpha, Todd Sullivan, Financial Accounting, E-mail, Financial Services, Finance, Online Communications, United States Oil Fund LP, US Market
External links 2008-11-19
Cocoa Analysis Completes Our Tropical Trifecta
Hard Assets Investor submits: By Brad Zigler Who would have thought our web site devoted to, and named for, hard assets would devote so much space to soft commodities? by Hard Assets Investor
Tags: Commodity, Seeking Alpha, Cocoa Analysis, Asset Management, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Internet, Marketing, Hard Assets Investor, Materials/Industrials
External links 2008-11-19
Canadian Pacific: The Benefits of a Railway Stock
The Moneygardener submits: Today I initiated a new position within my non-registered portfolio in Canadian Pacific Railway CP at $39.94. CP is a transcontinental railway that transports bulk commodities, merchandise freight, and intermodal traffic. Why A Railway? by The Moneygardener
Tags: Commodity, Portfolio, Seeking Alpha, Moneygardener, CP, Benefits, Human Resources, The Moneygardener, Transport
External links 2008-11-18
Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index Falls to Five-Year Low
Mark J. Perry submits: click to enlarge by Mark J. Perry
Tags: Commodity, The Dow Chemical Co., Seeking Alpha, Mark J. Perry, US Market
External links 2008-11-12
Hardassets Editor Dave Nadig Discusses the Inside Commodities Conference
Hard Assets Investor submits: Dave Nadig, an associate editor at Hardassetsinvestor.com and a former portfolio manager attended the Inside Commodities conference, held at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, Nov. 3, which gathered many of the world's leading thinkers in the commodities space into one room to discuss...
Tags: Commodity, Conference, Seeking Alpha, Hard Assets Investor, Materials/Industrials
External links 2008-11-10
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