Gold Prices plunge! Silver melts down! The world runs and hides in an aversion to risk!
Inflation fears have investors fleeing the very markets that historically have acted as a hedge against inflation. Yet the new Ben Bernanke led FED is promising to stop inflation in a single bound. Will the fed and their interest rate increase actually stop the commodity rally? The Fed has raised interest rates time after time yet the commodities have continued to rise. Could this sell-off be the best opportunity to buy futures for some time?
Let's face it the real reason commodity prices have been raising has little to do with what interest rates are lately; growth in China is the key. China, and to some extent India, have been a driving force in commodities. And recent reports show that China and India's demand for commodities is not slowing down. The fed tells us our fate is in the data and let's face it the recent data shows inflation pressure and even some times a little core! Read More...