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Strong dollar to help gold and ETFs: Adrian Day |
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With gold itself, the weaker dollar does actually have one huge benefit — an obvious one — which is that it makes physical buying of gold actually cheaper. Indian consumption of gold has gone up once gold fell below $850 on a rising dollar |
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The challenge of managing a commodity bubble |
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There are no generally accepted models that explain the causes or solutions of commodity bubbles. History proves that where interventions commonly thought, at the time, to be “bubble popping” actually ended up making a bubble worse. |
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The importance of MSMEs for Indian economy |
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Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) provides employment to over 42 million people and accounts for 45% of the total manufacturing output and nearly 40% of India's exports. |
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Free agronomy from overspecialisation |
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If one research area should be exempt from overspecialization, it is agronomy, the study of field crop management. Agronomists rank somewhere between extension agents and biotechnicians in the elitist hierarchy of agricultural research. |
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Food price rise: hype & reality |
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The government is trying to solve the issue by making some shoddy moves, but this will boomerang on the country at a later stage for which we will have to pay a huge price later. |
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Gold near good entry point for long-term investors |
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Veteran money manager, Frank Barbera believes that we have reached a point where the precious metals are near an important low. However, this is a good opportunity for long-term investors to enter the market and recovery may take four to five weeks. |
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How India became a major gold consumer? |
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India's love for possessing gold, land or houses could be traced to the banking system of yesteryears when farmers had no access to financial assets for investment and held on to tangible assets. The evolutionary instinct continues for different reaons. |
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'India has most beautiful women & worst netas' |
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"I am keenly watching countries like China and India, where there are great opportunities. This is going to be Asia's century," says global investor and commodities guru Jim Rogers in an exclusive interview to Commodity Online. |
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How agriculture is blooming in Singapore |
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When the whole world is worried about rising foodgrain prices, several investment funds have found it an opportunity to float agri-funds in Singapore. |
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Cater to the bottom of the pyramid: Dr Prahalad |
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If the 20th century was all about gaining political freedom, 21st century is about democratising commerce, about how to reach and enable access to all to the global economy. |
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RMMI: Moving faster to stay ahead |
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RAK Ceramics and Trimex share several managerial and operational synergies that have developed into a history of successful collaboration, which has in turn naturally progressed into a joint venture, says Madhu Koneru, managing director of RMMI. |
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Gold, Crude Oil prices are not bubbles |
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Commodities are not like equities. They are produced; they have got inherent value called cost of produce. They operate in band. And any extremes in pricing are opportunities to be grabbed. Commodities are part of our life for ages. So there are no bubbles in commodities. |
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'Gold will rise to $1,200-$1,400 range' |
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Financier and newsletter writer Darrell Brookstein talks about the turbulent gold market. He believes that this is just a pullback in a bull commodities market and predicts that gold would again rise to the range of $1,200 to $1,400. |
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Why inflation is skyrocketing in India |
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Global developments like Iraq oil syndrome, Israel –Iran imbroglio, monopoly of OPEC countries on oil supply and poorly regulated oil future market have worsened the inflation situation in India. |
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Crude can make you cry and laugh |
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Crude oil has been one of the best investments that people make across all asset classes in the last ten years. And it only seems to get better – or worse depending on which side of the petrol-pump you’re on! |
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'Growing consumerism will continue to drive demand' |
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People use gold more as a hedge against currencies, but I do believe the outlook for gold is favorable and will likely drag silver along with it, says Neil MacDonald, CEO and Director of NovaDX. |
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Inflation: A charge sheet against crude oil |
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Rising commodity prices have influenced inflation. The higher food price is mainly due to the high cost of inputs and energy price. As long as crude oil price sustains at higher levels, the upward pressure on inflation is likely to continue for the time being.
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Investors are getting killed in currency markets |
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Volatility in currency markets is killing investors across the world. Just like poor soldiers who succumb on the battle-front due to the faulty planning of majors and generals, currency investors these days are getting wiped out, thanks to the actions of Mr. Bernanke, Mr. Paulson, and Mr. Trichet. |
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Is RBI promoting inflation? |
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The practical approach of RBI to curb the rate of inflation by increasing the rate of interest may not control inflation and might lead towards stagflation as the prices continue to increase along with purchasing power of the depositors. |
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Investors dump commodities after boom |
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In the recent past when stock prices crashed there was a boom for commodity market as investors shifted their money to commodities to cash in on the food price rise. But now they are dumping commodities. |
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Go for Gold: Invest now to make money |
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Global gold prices have dropped by 11% in the last two weeks that if you have money, invest in gold right now. Buying gold at $800-850 levels should be the ideal investment with a target that gold futures can touch $900 plus by December. |
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