Commodity Trading & Trend Following

This was a great read that was on Scribd…
Jeremy Grantham, co-founder of GMO LLC, has penned his most recent investor letter. As Seeking Alpha blogger Edward Harrison deftly puts it: “[the letter] is a cutting, snarling, and sarcastic rejection of the prevailing V-shaped recovery bull market view. But Grantham is far from ultra-bearish, giving a [...]

It is not my imagination. The total US debt is sky rocketing. People are entitled to their opinions…but not entitled to the facts.
The US Govt debt this year is spiraling out of control. Estimates place the increase of debt by at least $2 trillion dollars. The question is, can this debt reach 100% of GDP [...]

Is there a new depression headed for the world. One of the signs of a depression is bank failures. It is now almost a weekly event that somewhere in the US a bank fails and is taken over by the FDIC. Last week there were two more bank failures..possibly bringing us closer to possibly a [...]

Premier Wen Jiabaoג€™s credit plan or Bail out has possibly started to kick in to the worlds third largest economy China. The prices of commodities such as copper and zinc are breaking out. The increasing demand for commodities and products from around the world should be an impetus for growth. Is this just a natural cycle or could Premier Wen Jiabaoג€™s 4 trillion yuan or $585 USD billion stimulus package be the savior of the global recession?

It is almost ironic that this simple cartoon can get across the issues of inflation, govt spending and more so how Cheap Money put us in this economic situation. Inflation is a wealth destroyer. There is a battle between Deflation and Inflation currently

Very clearly there was extreme dissatisfaction over big bonuses paid by firms bailed out with U.S. taxpayer money. Is it hard to understand why when people are losing their jobs, houses or even hope. It is ironic when a salary of $100k is considered a great salary for someone in Iowa and bonuses in the $100 of thousands or even millions were given to incompentents.