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The Motley Fool
February 9, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Cool the Conspiracies: Inflation Numbers Aren't Lying to You CPI might be more accurate than you think. It's a paradox many have grappled with lately: Commodity prices are blowing up, yet the Consumer Price Index, or CPI, says inflation is tame.   |
The Motley Fool
November 17, 2011
John Maxfield |
Brace Yourself: Inflation Is Coming This Way Is it time to start preparing your portfolio for an upsurge in inflation? |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2005 |
Mutual Fund Monitor Commodities futures have unique diversification properties and, on average, perform well whenever stocks and bonds have done poorly. |
BusinessWeek
March 8, 2004
Miller et al. |
Prices: How High Is Up? Thanks in large part to exploding demand from China, two decades of low inflation are ending. But that's no cause for panic |
The Motley Fool
July 31, 2008
Colleen Paulson |
A Bowl Full of Hope From Kellogg The cereal maker maintains growth despite rising costs for commodities. |
BusinessWeek
November 3, 2003
Rich Miller |
What Happened To Deflation? The fears are gone -- and whispers about future inflation have surfaced. But the pricing power that's emerging may be just what U.S. business needs. |
The Motley Fool
October 15, 2010
Jacob Roche |
Safeway Deflates Its Way to a Profit Lower prices help spur increased sales. |
BusinessWeek
December 17, 2009
Lewis Braham |
The Case for Commodities They could be a smart inflation hedge in 2010. And some pros see a long-term bull market for oil, grain, and gold. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2012
Kristen Capuano |
The Big Idea: Fighting Contango For investors and advisors eager to add to or adjust their commodity allocations, the contango-fighting approach of a next-generation commodity product may be worth a closer look. |
The Motley Fool
February 1, 2011
Tim Hanson |
Time to Buy Commodities Why fears of China's slowing growth may create a fantastic opportunity. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2007
Traci Purdum |
Market Watch: Material Demand The Institute for Supply Management's Report On Business track commodity prices to help purchasing managers plan ahead. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2008
Helbling et al. |
Riding a Wave Soaring commodity prices -- especially those of oil, nickel, tin, corn, and wheat -- has brought a sea change to the commodities landscape. Trade policies should be adjusted for better efficiency. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2012
Craig L. Israelsen |
Commodity Confidence Find a commodity fund that adds value to an overall portfolio by virtue of its raw performance as well as by virtue of its low correlation with the other portfolio ingredients. |
The Motley Fool
April 28, 2011
Matt Koppenheffer |
If There's Anything to Worry About at P&G, It's This Procter &Gamble is a great company, but investors need to keep an eye on the rising commodity costs that it's facing. |
BusinessWeek
February 25, 2010
Rich Miller |
Deflation: Why the 'D' Word Is Back on the Table Prices for core goods and services in the U.S. have slipped to last fall's levels. While that caused some cheer on the Street, it could signal a bigger worry. |
BusinessWeek
May 1, 2006
Aaron Pressman |
A High-Risk Diet For Investors Why a portfolio full of commodities may not be the best hedge against inflation. |
Financial Advisor
February 2012
Eric Uhlfelder |
The Future Of Commodities Despite declining prices, observers believe that well-managed investments in commodities can still generate gains. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2005
Stan Laxenberg |
Hot Stuff Commodity fund manager Jim Rogers has demonstrated a knack for finding the hottest markets. Here is his advice for the current market situation and some fund recommendations. |
The Motley Fool
January 15, 2010
Chris Jones |
Not Enough Green at This Grocer Despite decent earnings, SUPERVALU's not out of the crossfire yet. |
The Motley Fool
October 15, 2007
Zoe Van Schyndel |
Commodities Hit the Exchange (Again) The commodities boom launches another investment. The S&P GSCI Enhanced Commodity Total Return Strategy Index exchange-traded note is a new vehicle from Goldman Sachs that tracks the S&P GSCI Index. |
Food Processing
August 2011
Dexter Manning |
Food Processing Top 100 Observations Sales and income figures from 2010 look promising, but 2011 brings new challenges for food & beverage processors |
The Motley Fool
December 9, 2010
Andrew Bond |
Still the Only Sale in the Supermarkets Looking for value in a struggling industry. |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2006
Todd Wenning |
The Best ETF for 2007: Vanguard Materials The commodity markets are a funny place, and, historically, they haven't done much for investors. However, Vanguard Materials ETF is one way to capitalize on global commodity demand. |
The Motley Fool
April 27, 2011
Jim Royal |
Grocers Get More Bad News Consumer goods companies put the squeeze on grocers. |
The Motley Fool
February 24, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
Risky Investing Just Got Easier With the first commodity-based exchange-traded fund having just been launched, you can invest in commodities easily, but do you really want to? |
The Motley Fool
June 3, 2008
Colleen Paulson |
Stocks That Defeat Inflation Yummy results in the food sector have been served up all around lately as the inelasticity of food -- and the necessity to eat -- leaves consumers with no choice but to pay up. |
The Motley Fool
May 10, 2011
Esterhuizen & Sellitti |
Executive Optimism: Companies Boosted by Past Commodity Crashes, With Insider Buying Which companies stand to gain from the commodity crash? |
Investment Advisor
July 2008
Vaughan Scully & Beth Piskora |
Riding The Rally In Natural Resources As the U.S. economy slows under the weight of the weakened housing market, a strong rally in major commodity markets, especially oil, is setting off alarm bells portending stronger inflation. ETFs make investing in commodities easier. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2010
Michael Johnston |
Inside the CORN ETF Perk up your ears for tips on how to play this commodity-specific fund. |
Finance & Development
December 2011
Arezki et al. |
Less Volatile than Meets the Eye Contrary to popular wisdom, commodity prices can be more stable than those of manufactured products |
The Motley Fool
January 17, 2007
Zoe Van Schyndel |
A Farming Fund Sprouts Up If you want to farm the market by investing in agricultural commodities, PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund is one way to accomplish that, but be aware of this fund's complexity and the potential for a wild ride. |
Financial Advisor
May 2005
Marla Brill |
Commodities Go Mainstream Until recently the high costs and complexity associated with commodity investing kept many investors away. But now, new products make it easier to get a pure play on commodity prices. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2005
Donald Jay Korn |
Hot Commodities Real assets are on a tear. Better yet, they offer great diversification and a hedge against inflation. The current trend probably has room to run, and there are other very real reasons to allocate a regular portion of clients' portfolios to commodities. |
Financial Advisor
July 2011
Virginia Munger Kahn |
Natural Selection Are futures or natural resource stocks the best way to get commodity exposure? |
The Motley Fool
December 19, 2006
Brian Lawler |
Melt a Penny, Go to Jail With the price of commodities such as the zinc and nickel used to produce pennies and nickels rising so much so that the coins are worth more in scrap metal than their face value, the US Mint has passed new regulations making it illegal to melt the coins. |
Financial Advisor
April 2004
Pauline P. Lam |
What You Should Know About Commodity Indexes Direct commodity investment has a place in every investment portfolio. |
Financial Advisor
August 2008
Marla Brill |
Harvest In Agricultural ETFs Although a sharp pullback could be coming, some advisors think commodities are good long-term plays. |
The Motley Fool
October 12, 2010
Mike Pienciak |
Has the Safety Been Squeezed Out of These Stocks? Rising commodity prices could put the kabosh on consumer-staples' profitability. |
The Motley Fool
September 8, 2010
Jared Cummans |
An ETF to "Beef Up" Your Portfolio Time to moooove your assets? Keep ETF COW in focus as cattle futures spike. |
The Motley Fool
May 11, 2011
Esterhuizen & Sellitti |
Rebound Ideas: Underestimated Companies With a History of Strong Performance During Commodity Crashes These companies may be able to weather the storm -- and maybe even turn a profit off of it. |
BusinessWeek
April 26, 2004
Christopher Farrell |
Why The Specter Of Inflation Shouldn't Scare Investors In this recovery, higher prices could signal pricing power -- and a boost in profits |
The Motley Fool
March 31, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
Where to Look for Your Next Great Returns Basking in past success is a luxury that the market doesn't grant most investors. Now is the time to start digging for fresh ideas. |
Financial Advisor
August 2004
Pauline P. Lam |
Commodity Investments Help Diversify Portfolios A new tool--resampled efficiency--helps create optimal allocations. Investors can gain exposure to commodities by investing in commodity index or individual commodity futures contracts. A third option is mutual funds. |
On Wall Street
May 1, 2011
Jerry Webman |
Turmoil Intensifies Focus On Commodities Let's consider commodities from three perspectives: supply, demand and risk. |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2008
Tim Knepp |
Inflated Opinion The emergence of inflation across the globe has created serious challenges for portfolio management. |
The Motley Fool
July 1, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
3 Ways to Inflation-Proof Your Portfolio These ETFs take different paths to the same goal. |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2008
Matthew Reilly |
Kellogg's Profits Are Good, but Not Great The cereal company turns in a strong quarter despite tough conditions. |
BusinessWeek
December 6, 2004
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Coming Battle Between Profits And Prices Pricing power is rising, but so are costs, and that will soon squeeze margins. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2008
Brad Zigler |
How To Play The Agriculture Game Commodities' popularity with retail investors ebbs and flows with the inflation cycle. Should you invest in the stocks of companies involved in commodity production, ETFs, or futures? |
Registered Rep.
April 19, 2011
Brad Zigler |
The Error of ETP Ways Investors and their advisors are often surprised by the disparate results obtained from their exchange-traded note and fund allocations. |
