Ned W. Schmidt

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010

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• Agri-Food Thoughts

  Published 18 November 2011 | viewed 0 times

  First rule in writing about investment strategy is to only write about markets where money might be made. About five years ago we realized that…

• Gold Thoughts

  Published 10 November 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Rarely does one live through great events. Mostly we read about them in history books. But, we are today witnessing the bursting of the greatest…

• Agri-Food Thoughts

  Published 31 October 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Have been visiting myfavorite unknown, small, near-hidden grocer more often recently. Reason for that is their steaks are both good, a rarity in this modern…

• Gold Thoughts

  Published 25 October 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Sometimes the headlines say a lot more than the obvious. Below is the headline of the lead article for the Financial Times, 22 October 2011.…

• Agri-Food Thoughts

  Published 17 October 2011 | viewed 0 times

  UK Government Office of Science report on global food situation, The Future of Food and Farming (2011):Challenges and choices for global sustainability is likely to…

• Rhodium Trading Thoughts

  Published 14 October 2011 | viewed 0 times

  By the first week of October, after having dropped more than 18 percent from its highs achieved in May 2011, U.S. stocks were desperate to…

• Gold Thoughts

  Published 09 October 2011 | viewed 0 times

  2011, quickly moving toward history book status, may be known more for what did not happen than what did. Hyperinflation may still be lurking, but…

• Agri-Food Thoughts

  Published 01 October 2011 | viewed 0 times

  A center of global commerce? Connecting to the global Agri-Food system? Helping to feed Japan, Korea, and China? Why yes, Moses Lake, Washington comes immediately…

• Gold Thoughts

  Published 22 September 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Captain of the ship spoke sternly to the Chief Steward, "Red chairs on the port side, and blue ones on starboard." Such started a typical,…

• Rhodium Trading Thoughts

  Published 16 September 2011 | viewed 0 times

  RHODIUM TRADING THOUGHTS is about timely and profitable trading of precious metals. We do not believe every turn in the market can be called. Our…

• Gold Thoughts

  Published 07 September 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Only one way to explain it. Aliens are attacking. They have launched their assault on Earth by apparently first infecting the bottled water served at…

• Agri-Food Thoughts

  Published 31 August 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Unburdened by the failure of Keynesian socialism, China continues to grow. India, despite repeated self inflicted political wounds, is also likely to experience an expanding…

• Gold Thoughts

  Published 22 August 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Near the end of any investment cycle a transfer of ownership normally occurs, from investors to speculators. The asset moves from strong hands to weak…

• Rhodium Trading Thoughts

  Published 15 August 2011 | viewed 0 times

  RHODIUM TRADING THOUGHTS is about timely and profitable trading of precious metals. We do not believe every turn in the market can be called. Our…

• Agri-Food Thoughts

  Published 15 August 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Since last Tuesday, when the U.S. Congress delivered a sugar-coated pig in a blanket sandwich rather than a deficit reduction plan, the Obama regime has…

• Gold Thoughts

  Published 09 August 2011 | viewed 0 times

  One of the problems faced by economic policy makers is that an impartial referee, the markets, does exist. That referee now holds up a red…

• Agri-Food Thoughts

  Published 06 August 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Time is an important component of both healing and financial corrections. Some times, it just takes time. To date, the correction in Agri-Food prices, as…

• Gold Thoughts

  Published 29 July 2011 | viewed 0 times

  This week markets have taken two prices to new highs: donuts and Gold. One is eaten. Other is now worshiped. Which should be our choice…

• Agri-Food Thoughts

  Published 20 July 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Primary difference between a correction and a consolidation is the depth of the downward price movement. Consolidations are milder, though that might require a longer…

• Rhodium Trading Thoughts

  Published 15 July 2011 | viewed 0 times

  RHODIUM TRADING THOUGHTS is about timely and profitable trading of precious metals. We do not believe every turn in the market can be called. Our…