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Monthly Archives: October 2013

What goes up must come down (coffee futures boom-to-bust).

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Mike
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A 9-month mania has become a relentless 2-year bear market, and prices are back where they started:

From Futures.Tradingcharts.com

From Indexmundi.com, here’s a longer-term view. As is typical of commodities, these kinds of spikes have happened before.

Posted in alternative assets, commodities, futures | Tagged bear market, chart, coffee, crash, futures, long-term, mania | Leave a reply

Barrons Big Money Poll shows complacency & love for equities

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Mike
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It amazes me that the most successful managers could be so bullish at a time like this (way overvalued, way overbought, rising Treasury yields, stalled earnings growth), but of course stocks are most loved at the least desirable prices.

Big Money Poll

Source: Barrons.com

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