SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Strategies & Market Trends : Natural Resource Stocks -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: yard_man who wrote (3359)11/15/2003 12:53:53 AM
From: Jim Willie CB  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108662
 
the CRB has actual hedging potential among businesses
several indexes on commodities out there, but CRB is in futures pits
natgas could have been partly from CRB futures contracts covering

there is always sympathy between crude oil and natgas
due to strong crossovers in electrical utility fuel sourcing

an unappreciated bigtime reason is the specter of trade wars
the USA is one of the worst offenders

if we dont give away our commerce, we block others
a balanced marketplace has been absent for decades

USA proclaims our nation as a free market
but the steel tariffs served up massive protectionist barriers
it was a huge black eye to our legacy
now we face an 18-mo delayed backlash, and deserve it
I believe the USDollar, and hence commodities (CRB) delivered a SMACKDOWN to Bushy and the USGovt clowns

onset of winter is always a biggee
personally I have never seen a winter without weather going below the freezing level on numerous occasions in the midwest, east, and midatlantics
ha ha ha
/ jim