Ned W. Schmidt

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• Agri-Food Thoughts

  Published 20 October 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Businesses, be they purveyors of adult beverages or farms, are different from governments. Governments can, in most cases, print money to pay their expenses, or…

• Gold Thoughts

  Published 13 October 2010 | viewed 0 times

  We want QE II on 3 November. No, we demand that the U.S. Federal Reserve announce QE II, quantitative easing second act, on that day.…

• Agri-Food Thoughts

  Published 05 October 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Munching sound in back ground is that of locusts as they make Australia their Spring snack. Australia is in the process of preparing for war…

• Gold Thoughts

  Published 28 September 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Have Gold Bugs managed to infiltrate the central banks? Or, do we have another indicator of the frothiness of the current Gold market? From CNN.com…

• Agri-Food Thoughts

  Published 19 September 2010 | viewed 0 times

  With $Gold clearly in a parabolic formation, investors may need to realistically appraise their investing activities. $Gold is likely to suffer inevitable consequences of disappointment…

• Gold Thoughts

  Published 11 September 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Market metrics, like a thermometer, simply reflect the conditions in a market. They do so without opinion or emotion. Metrics such as valuation do not…

• Agri-Food Thoughts

  Published 03 September 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Agri-Food Price Index makes new high! One road to wealth is to only own those assets for which the price is rising. That seems to…

• Gold Thoughts

  Published 24 August 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Keynesian economic dogma continues down a path marked by complete failure. Fundamental belief of this ideology is that government can replace the private economy. Second…

• Agri-Food Thoughts

  Published 16 August 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Chart above of the Agri-Food Price Index makes a very clear statement on the state of Agri-Food prices. Index continues at a new cycle high.…

• Gold Thoughts

  Published 08 August 2010 | viewed 0 times

  That Keynesian economic dogma has been a complete and utter failure is readily evident as we look around the world. For one, the U.S. economy…

• Agri-Food Thoughts

  Published 31 July 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Last we talked on Agri-Food part of our discussion was drought in Russia and wetness in Canada. Mother Nature just does not understand that just…

• Gold Thoughts

  Published 23 July 2010 | viewed 0 times

  We seem to do a lot of waiting. As 2009 ended, U.S. dollar was being forecast to be approaching the end of its existence. Presumably,…

• Agri-Food Thoughts

  Published 15 July 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Last we talked was how pigs were being made into bacon in the markets for oats. Many at that time perhaps did not realize that…

• Gold Thoughts

  Published 07 July 2010 | viewed 0 times

  While planning the wake would certainly be premature, perhaps some funeral plans could be considered. Could we possibly be witnessing the impending death of Keynesian…

• Rhodium Trading Thoughts

  Published 05 July 2010 | 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 29 June 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Investment world has many saying that have come down from those that went before us. They learned those lessons the hard way, by paying for…

• Gold Thoughts

  Published 21 June 2010 | viewed 0 times

  As anyone that has bought and sold a house in the past few years can attest, value is indeed neither fixed nor necessary reliable. Valuing…

• Rhodium Trading Thoughts

  Published 18 June 2010 | 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 13 June 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Many people would feel rich with a $1,000 in their wallet. But, it might really depend where one was. In New York City or London,…

• Gold Thoughts

  Published 05 June 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Greece may not be enough. Further economic bodies may be needed for the funeral pyre of Keynesian economics. While one after another nation demonstrates the…