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Strategies & Market Trends : Commodities - The Coming Bull Market -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Victor Lazlo who wrote (672)	8/10/2001 9:46:41 AM
From: Robert Douglas	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1643

in a worldwide economic slowdown, only niave blind hope thinks that commodities will go up. Just like a strong economy can pave the way for lower prices by increasing production, a slowdown can sow the seeds of higher prices by eliminating it. Take copper for instance. The present low prices will shutter high-cost production, some of it permanently. It will also put a damper on future production increases. When demand does increase, there will be insufficient capacity to meet it. Then you will get the rise in price necessary to call forth more supply. I believe that many commodities will experience this shortage as the world economy enters its next growth phase. This growth will be led by developing economies who will consume large amounts of these short-supply commodities.

To: Victor Lazlo who wrote (672)	8/15/2001 7:17:01 PM
From: craig crawford	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1643

>> copper is dead in the water, will be for a long while << could be, do you recommend going short here? >> Same with silver. Look at coffee, too- same sad story there. << so are you advocating short positions in copper, silver, and coffee? >> in a worldwide economic slowdown, only niave blind hope thinks that commodities will go up. << ok, well i am not naive and blind, so i think i will make out ok. i take it you are not naive and blind either, so i can assume you are short these commodities?