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This Quiet Land Grab is Just Beginning
According to the Economist, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and China have been “quietly” buying up more than $20 billion of this asset.
It’s not oil or natural gas assets though. And it’s not the molybdenum they need to build thousands of miles of new pipelines. They’re buying up one of my favorite long-term investments, farmland.
The way things are shaping up, investors who follow their lead now will do exceptionally well in the short-term and long-term. Let me explain.
Another Case of Great Expecations
It’s no secret we’re facing a big opportunity in agriculture. It’s something we’ve delved into quite a bit over the past…
12Jun2009 | Q1 Publishing | 0 comments | ContinuedU.N. Calls for Increased Cooperation to Fight Growing Global Food Crisis
The United Nations announced yesterday (Wednesday) that an additional $20 billion would be needed each year to combat global hunger.
On the second day of a three-day summit hosted by the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, leaders from 40 nations and representatives from 183 countries met to address the growing world food shortage.
“We must focus on the underlying causes: years of neglect of the agricultural sector and the lack of investment in increasing productivity,†U.N. President Ban Ki-Moon told reporters, Bloomberg News reported. “The price of oil has contributed significantly in the price rise of food. There is no doubt…
4Jun2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | ContinuedAgriculture Supercycle Fertilizes Investor Profits
In a choppy market swirling with negative energy, wouldn’t it be nice to own a resource stock that keeps rising in the face of ALL bad news?
Welcome to the “agriculture super cycle†and the wild and whacky world of fertilizer.
To give you an idea how bullish the fertilizer industry is – since Jan 1, 2008 – while the S&P TSX composite index has decreased 4%, major fertilizer companies like Agrium [TSX:AGU], Mosaic [NYSE:MOS], Potash Corp [TSX:POT] and Kennecott [NYSE:RTP] have gained an average of 21%.
What are the fundamentals that go into creating this so called “super cycle�
Potash and phosphate fertilizer are mined…
14Mar2008 | Guy Bennett | Comments Off | Continued
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