Salient to Investors: Hedge funds cut net-long gold positions by the most since June. while holdings of short contracts rose 26 percent. Net-bullish bets across 18 US-traded raw materials dropped to the lowest since March and a measure of bets on agricultural commodities turned negative for the first time. Holdings in global ETPs backed
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Jeremy Grantham said: The biggest issue we face is deterioration of the environment, particularly climate damage. In the US, the biggest problem is coal and tar sands. If we burn half or more of the coal and tar sands in two areas in North America, there is
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Hedge funds et al increased their net-long position in gold futures and options for the 4th consecutive week and the longest streak since October, while more than doubling bets on lower corn prices to a record net-short holding. Jeffrey Currie et al at Goldman Sachs said gold will decline
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Jim Rogers said: Agriculture will enjoy an extended boom,Very bullish about farmland and other agricultural products. Bearish on Wall Street brokers and Ivy League professors. The central corridor from north Texas up to the Dakotas has the highest growth rates in employment, income growth and savings in
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Jeffrey Currie et al at Goldman Sachs said: They cut their 12-month commodity return forecast for the S&P GSCI Enhanced Commodity Index to 0.1 percent, maintained a neutral recommendation on raw materials, while precious metals and agricultural commodities may drop 8 percent and base metals will gain 6 percent.
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Jim Rogers writes: Stocks collapsed in 1987, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1997, and 1998 and everybody was convinced the bull market was over. The bull market was not over and eventually ended in a bubble. The same is happening with commodities. In agriculture, there is insufficient new supply to
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Money managers increased their net-long positions in gold and holdings of short contracts climbed to the second-highest on record. Jeffrey Sherman at DoubleLine Capital said people want to own gold for a myriad of reasons, but the lack of inflation and a strong dollar are gold headwinds
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Jim Rogers says: Avoid gold mining stocks because miners face stiff competition, and there are now many easier ways to own gold – coins, ETFs, ETNs, futures. Gold will bottom in 2014 or 2015 because eventually prices below the cost of production will cause tightness in supply
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Jim Rogers writes: When there’s massive new supply coming on stream, then we’ll have the end of the commodities bull market. The world has consumed more agriculture products than it has produced for a decade now. We are running out of farmers – average age in America
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Jim Rogers said: When investing, don’t follow the crowd Most government numbers are made up. China has problems with housing and inflation as the US did in the 19th century when it was growing rapidly. Every country that grows rapidly has problems. The US had recessions and
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