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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 |
Cocoa Futures
Cocoa supplies are suffering as the crop deteriorates. In the largest producing area, the Ivory Coast, cocoa farmers are forced to curtail spending on fertilizer and pesticides due to high prices. This in turn has sent the price of cocoa to 28-year highs. |
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Tuesday, 17 June 2008 |
iShares MSCI South Africa ETF (EZA)
Power outages and inflation are literally crippling South Africa. Experts are saying the power problems are going to be around for the next decade. Ten years of rationing power to big businesses like Gold Fields, Ltd. (GFI:NYSE) and Anglo American (AAUK:NASDAQ). |
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Saturday, 14 June 2008 |
Fording Canadian Coal Trust (FDG:NYSE)
Over the last few weeks, the major market averages have been stuck in a severe sell-off. But coal stocks, on the other hand, continue to appreciate in value.
That’s why I feel that every Taipan reader (like you) needs to own some upside exposure to the coal sector. |
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Friday, 13 June 2008 |
King Corn Retakes the Throne
Zoom-Zoom! With the corn belt under inches of water, "maize" goes ballistic.
Corn is in trouble because of the wet spring that has drenched the Midwest. Yesterday, the USDA said in a report that American corn output will be down significantly from last year’s estimate. |
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Thursday, 12 June 2008 |
US Banks' Losses
I’ve just uncovered the last honest bank in America…
While other major banks have reported billions of dollars in write-downs on cheap assets, the last honest bank in America put its money in true value and has even increased shareholder equity.
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008 |
U.S. sales of Hummer vehicles -If the gas guzzling era had a mascot, it would surely be the Hummer H2.The Hummer has long been one of the most recognizable -- and one of the most controversial -- vehicles on the road. To drive one is to say, “Look at me, look at me! I can afford to get 5 miles per gallon and drive a garish beast of a vehicle that hogs two parking spots, just for the sake of attention.”
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Tuesday, 10 June 2008 |
Western Refining (WNR:NYSE)
Oil hits $140 and could be going to $200. Buy oil stocks. Oil goes up, oil stocks go up too, right? Actually, that statement couldn’t be further from the truth.
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Saturday, 07 June 2008 |
Oil discoveries have been declining since 1964
The world is running out of easy-to-find oil as new oil discoveries are falling. The only oil left is deep beneath the Arctic Ocean, trapped in sandstone, or in politically unsavory locations. |
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Friday, 06 June 2008 |
Trucking Dies & Railroads Fly When Diesel Fuel Crests $3.00
Rail has a powerful tenfold advantage over trucking when fuel costs are high. Heavy Trucks require 3,357 BTU per short ton mile while Class 1 Railroads use only 341 BTU per short ton mile. |
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Thursday, 05 June 2008 |
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Power shortages, strikes and soaring input costs have killed the production of platinum.
At the same time supplies are dwindling, demand is taking off. Let’s do the math: Supplies are down 4% and demand is up 8%. And this situation has been building. We are in the seventh year where demand has outstripped supply (373 metric tons per year), and with 2.5 billion new friends in China and India this equation will get even tighter. They want to be mobile, and they need cars. |
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