If you’ve been to a supermarket lately, you’ve probably noticed that food prices are soaring. And that spells an opportunity for investors. Asset-management expert John Stephenson offers tips for small investors aiming to tap i…
Prices for copper, gold, wheat, corn and oil are soaring. But how can small investors can take advantage of this growth without taking on way too much risk? That’s a good question, indeed. And here are some good answers.
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Interest rates are the price of money, and though that price is near zero right now, the cost of low interest rates to our nation may be too high. Low rates are squeezing savers, seniors, banks and pension funds, and the benefi…
Dry conditions may limit cotton production in the United States, the world’s largest exporter of the crop, next season.
Farmers will abandon more fields as dry weather compounds already below-normal moisture in growing areas from Texas to Alabama, Jo…
Intended or not, the Fed’s quantitative easing policies are destroying the dollar’s value. That’s pushing prices of commodities that Americans need — such as food, cotton and oil — ever higher. And it hurts companies as well …