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These days, it’s not inaccurate to say that plenty of investors are aware of the options available to them in terms of agribusiness investment opportunities. That’s a good thing because the fact of the matter is demand for food is expected to outpace supply in the years ahead. However, the stories of … [read more]

In the Rear View Mirror: Maybe it was all the Santa Claus rally the bulls could muster, but the final trading week before the Christmas holiday was a strong one as all three major U.S. indexes closed higher for the week with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq … [read more]

Investors not living under a rock by now know that 2011 has been trying, to say the least, regarding investing in emerging markets. A theme that worked so well for the bulk of 2010 was broken in 2011 for a variety of reasons. The European sovereign debt crisis is an easy, but … [read more]

In the Rear View Mirror: The week that was wasn’t the prettiest for investors with exposure to risky assets. In fact, it was downright ugly as all three major U.S. indexes closed down more than 2.5% for the week thanks to more problems courtesy of our friends across the Atlantic. Headlines involving … [read more]

There was a time when the luxuries of speaking with a financial advisor or broker were just that: Luxuries. And luxuries reserved only for relatively affluent investors, the types with over $100,000 to invest. Fortunately, there is one company looking to bring high-caliber investment advice to … [read more]

In the Rear View Mirror: It won’t go down as the best week on record, or this year for that matter, for U.S. stocks, but news that European policymakers moved toward a stricter anti-deficit agreement fueled an impressive rally for riskier assets on Friday. That was enough to send the S&P 500 into the weekend … [read more]

In the Rear View Mirror: The U.S. markets rang up their best week in two years even though Friday was basically unchanged. Finally some decisive steps by the Fed and other central banks to fix the European debt crisis sent stocks soaring on Wednesday…certainly more details are needed before we can consider this little more than a temporary … [read more]

In the Rear View Mirror: Thankfully the U.S. market was closed on Thursday for Thanksgiving. On Friday, stocks continued their downward trend as investors’ concerns about the European saga continued. The three main indices suffered their biggest weekly losses in the past two months and every index we follow flashed a bright red number. There … [read more]