It is an alarming situation when the entire world is fighting with this historical economic crisis; inflation is adding additional pressure on government as well as consumers. Major contributor of this whopping hike in inflation is food inflation at present context. Mismatch between demand and supply worldwide created chaos and sent prices of many commodities at multi year highs.
According to the latest data, food...
Posted by
vandana on Jan 7th, 2009 in
Commodity |
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Among all commodities, food-related commodities will outperform the market due to less acreage. Less remunerative prices coupled with cash crunch compelled farmer to produce LESS IN 2009. The two best commodity plays for next year, in my view, are gold and soybeans. China wants to buy 3,600 tons of additional gold for its reserves. European banks don’t want to continue selling what gold hoards they still have...
Posted by
vandana on Dec 23rd, 2008 in
Pepper |
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AMAZING FACTS ABOUT PEPPER
· Pepper has a long history that is 4000 years old.
· It was used as “mode of payment”.
· It was used to pay rent in England.
· Pepper is grown in all seasons through out the year.
· The pepper plant has lifetime of around 40 years and starts producing the berries after 2-5 years.
FACT SHEET
Category· Spices
Type of Crop· Kharif
Sowing Period (India)· May-June
Harvesting...
Posted by
vandana on Nov 18th, 2008 in
Economy,
World |
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In March investors across the world were worried that the financial system had all collapsed. Analysts were predicting huge losses in sub prime crisis. Now within five after, everyone is cool. Stockmarkets have stabilised and corporate credit spreads (the excess interest rates paid by risky borrowers) have come down sharply. Gold and silver are cheap. Bankers talk about having put the worst behind them. After 2%,...
Posted by
vandana on Jul 4th, 2008 in
Commodity |
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My another post in www.agriwatch.com on GAUR…its bit old but you can go through it.
As we recapitulate the performance of some of the commodities this year, which is soon ticking away, Guar seems to bring with it good memories, particularly speculative Guar, as it enjoyed voracious trading. Driven by the well-built fundamentals in spot market along with active participation by buyers, Guar complex is proving...