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...Rising oil prices are driving up demand for ethanol and other alternative fuels. It's turning the once-sleepy corn futures market into a casino...and not only that, a variety of related investments are reaping the benefits...Exchanges that offer investors a way to bet on tomorrow's prices for the yellow kernels - a key ethanol ingredient - have been inundated with money...
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...Natural gas has taken a pounding. [It] has shed almost $10 in ten months...Hurricane season may be upon us but natural gas is twice as cheap vis-a-vis crude as it should be. At the same time, World War III may be in the process of breaking out in the Middle East. And that folks, could change everything...
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...More than 1.2 billion people lack a secure water supply. The UN reports that, "2.7 billion people will suffer from severe water shortages" by 2025. That's astounding by today's standards...With the ongoing need for desalination, for filtration, purification and for new pipelines, transportation and pumps all over the world, there are huge investment opportunities...
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...If you want to pick the top of a market, just watch the evening news. When commodity prices make it to prime time TV its over. This is what we saw earlier last month with both metals...As ever, the institutions and professional traders were already in. They had been in from the bottom, in fact. So they needed other, less informed traders to off load to. The general public make great candidates for this...
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...The new factor affecting the oil price...And it's not wrench-wielding OPEC oil sheiks threatening to choke off world supply, nor grand-standing revolutionary leaders in South America's petro-nations. Nor Russian oil oligarch's or their masters in the Kremlin flexing their strangle-hold on Asian and European consumers...Today's villain, argues Doug Casey, Chairman of Casey Research, is the speculator...
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...Gold market predictions and gold funds...When you are investing in the hottest trend, you'd better be ready for a bumpy ride...Last weeks dip was a strong correction after a months worth of quick gains. Investors not willing to wait for long-term gains cashed in their profits and moved on. Now, I expect it will take a few more weeks for gold to climb back to previous levels...
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...The best prices are for gold...Gold has surged to $700...It all suggests to me there's a lot of wind in gold's bull-run still yet to blow. Question is, when's the right time to get in?...When the profit taking comes in, (and believe me, it will), it’s going to be unexpected, and take the market by surprise with lots of professional selling...
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...Oil prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange topped $71 a barrel; the latest in a series of records no doubt sparked by world-wide jitters over Iran's nuclear programme and falling gasoline supplies ahead of the summer. According to the Wall Street Journal, analysts are split over exactly what has fuelled the recent oil price rally...All across the alternative energy industry this week, share prices are soaring...meaning investment in this area could be a positive move...
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...Gold is not the only metal to stir the hearts of men. Its long-running companion, silver, has been proving that it also has the power to enthrall...This week it's soared to new highs rising 16 cents to $10.90...Pound sterling aside, silver has played second fiddle to gold for thousands of years...Invest in silver and prime the tinderbox for 5000% returns...
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... Looking five years down the road, I could
easily be convinced that the biggest profit-taker of
the next gas boom could be the mammoth agricultural
companies...my reasoning comes down to one word:
ethanol. That's right, ethanol, the grain alcohol
that went into 'gasohol' in the 1970s to help the
world get over the Arab Oil Embargo...
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