Posted on 01/11/2011 1:58:56 PM PST by Razzz42
...Corn is leading the grains complex this morning as traders anticipate a bullish release from the USDA tomorrow morning. Corn tends to draw strength from gains in crude oil as that tends to support ethanol prices. If corn closes above $6.30 and wheat closes above $8.10, watch out! Beef and now pork prices are climbing sharply at the wholesale level pushing the price of cattle into record territory for some contracts. Look for a resurgence in cattle rustling ( I am serious about this). Many of the commodity charts are showing prices just below recent highs. A push past those levels and the rising price of food is going to see the afterburners kick in. Retail prices have already begun their climb higher as any of you who monitor prices at the local grocery stores are aware. When it takes as much money to pound a pound of bacon as it does a fine quality Choice beef filet, we are all in trouble. Unfortunately for all of us, there does not appear to be any relief in sight. Keep in mind that much of this is man induced – it is the direct result of Federal Reserve policy. As mentioned yesterday, the fundamentals in many of the foods are already strongly bullish – the extra kick higher than comes from a plethora of funny money chasing tangibles, just exacerbates the situation. I sincerely believe we are going to be seeing food riots around many parts of the globe this year. The Eastern authorities know full well whom to blame for that. Unrest in any nation is a serious political issue and the West is fomenting it by foolish monetary policies and reckless money printing.
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Nothing like starving the peasants to bring them into line, as Stalin used to say (to himself).
And silver’s near $30, too
I had been watching the price of 50 lb bags of granulated sugar at Costco creep up almost 10 % in less than a month and then they stopped selling them. All you can get now are 25 lb bags. Curious.
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