Ned W. Schmidt

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• Keynes' Legacy: 24% Unemployment

  Published 07 May 2012 | viewed 0 times

  In "'Lost generation' to suffer years of unemployment", Financial Times, 3 May, the legacy of Keynes was summed up by comments on Spanish youth, "More…

• Canola: New Canadian Gold

  Published 30 April 2012 | viewed 0 times

  When last we visited on Agri-Foods, 2012 was declared Year of the Soybean. That certainly seems to be the way prices are acting. Since the…

• Gold Stocks: Half Way?

  Published 23 April 2012 | viewed 0 times

  With the calendar moving into the second third of the year, some of the popular delusions of the crowd seem increasingly remote possibilities. Have we…

• Soybeans: The New Corn

  Published 12 April 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Markets are intriguing due to their constantly changing character. New leadership constantly evolves. In equity markets, that tendency is always pushed to an extreme. A…

• QE-Dysfunctional

  Published 05 April 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Some investors seem disappointed with the Federal Reserve's apparent failure to endorse another round of quantitative easing. While the fragility of the EU continues high,…

• Hot Oil Anyone?

  Published 29 March 2012 | viewed 0 times

  The topic of hot oil probably conjures up fantasies that are beyond the boundaries for this public discussions. And no, neither are we referring to…

• AAPL(s) Do Fall From The Trees

  Published 21 March 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Question we are pondering today is whether or not investors do learn from their prior mistakes. Small children learn lessons, such as not to touch…

• ETFs: Where's The Chicken?

  Published 12 March 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Last we visited a topic of discussion was broiler prices, or the prices for table chicken. At that time broiler prices had thus far in…

• Fantasies: Not an Investment Strategy

  Published 05 March 2012 | viewed 0 times

  While having not read any research into the time devoted by people to fantasizing, we suspect that activity represents a significant portion of the day…

• Less Cluck For Your Buck

  Published 24 February 2012 | viewed 0 times

  An important trend for many years has been the rising preference of consumers for chicken. Apparently those boneless, skinless, tasteless, chicken breasts are quite popular.…

• U.S. National Bird: The Ostrich

  Published 20 February 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Benjamin Franklin originally recommended the turkey as the national bird for the U.S. Today, we imagine that after considering the situation being created by the…

• Barley? Better Than Gold and Silver

  Published 10 February 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Over the past five years, barley, of the eighteen commodities we follow, was the top performer. Rising by 180+% it bested Gold, +170%, and Silver,…

• In The City, No Chickens Allowed

  Published 23 January 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Some may have considered a planter of herbs on the patio for that taste only freshly picked gives. Many of us have a garden for…

• Keynesian Death By Debt Continues

  Published 13 January 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Debt constrains one's enjoyment of life. Without debt to repay, we could use our incomes solely for the pursuit of the good life. You get…

• The Near-Perfect Product

  Published 05 January 2012 | viewed 0 times

  What if we found a product to which consumers have an uncontrollable physical craving? What if consumers bought more of this addictive product as their…

• Gold Thoughts

  Published 28 December 2011 | viewed 0 times

  India: Massive Keynesian Failure 2011 has been a truly enlightening year. We learned that change had not arrived, despite all our hope. We learned that…

• Yes, We Have No Butter

  Published 21 December 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Norway has a crisis, plenty of oil but apparently little butter. From "Norway butter shortage threatens Christmas treats" by Sapa-AFP via timeslive.co.za, 12 December, "An…

• Gold Thoughts

  Published 12 December 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Imagine most are anxious to put 2011 into the history book. Many of the hopes and dreams of a year ago certainly fizzled as time…

• Meat-to-Feed Ratio: Feeding the Bull?

  Published 05 December 2011 | viewed 0 times

  With 2011 about to be history, investor should be thinking about two matters. How did various market sectors perform during the year, and why did…

• Gold Thoughts

  Published 25 November 2011 | viewed 0 times

  2011 is very soon to become a disappointment. U.S. dollar was popularly forecast to be zero by now. As is readily evident in the chart,…