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The commodities super cycle is a term that is used by many people who are bullish on commodities. It is the belief that commodities have longer cycles than other asset classes because of the amount of time it takes to supply them.
Commodities are seen as like an oil tanker, a very slow ship to turn.  This is because it takes a long time to create the infrastructure for commodities to be produced.   Oil takes a time to find, a copper mine takes a while …

Jim Rogers is one of the world’s most successful investors.  He was the ideas man behind George Soros the trader.  When he talks, it is a really good idea to listen.
Jim Rogers was one of the first people to shout about commodities at the turn of the millennium.  As commodity underinvestment was coming to fruition, inflation and the industrialisation of China were starting to become more important.
Jim Rogers manages to make the business of commodities comprehensible.  He essentially tells the investor to look at …

Commodities (with the exception of precious metals) have taken a battering since the credit crunch.  Are they in line for an upward spike?
The reason why commodities really suffered is that fears centred on the collapse of industrial production.  If no one wants to produce anything, or drive anywhere, or heat their home, or eat then commodities should be in trouble.  The problem with this is that none of this is true.  It is all a question of liquidity.
The essential fact about commodities is not …

Though less popular than the Metals or else Energy based Commodities such as Crude Oil, and Soft Commodities like Coffee provide lots of opportunity for anybody trading Financial spread betting or else spread betting.
Soft Commodities Trading with Spread Betting particulars:
There are many factors that will influence the food prices; at moment key areas are the High Oil prices, climate change, high fertilizer prices, speculation, & increasing consumption in larger developing countries like China, India & Brazil.
In last year US Crude Oil has also increased …