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What Will You Do When Inflation Forces U.S. Households To Spend 40 Percent Of Their Incomes On Food?

May 10, 2021

What Will You Do When Inflation Forces U.S. Households To Spend 40 Percent Of Their Incomes On Food? Did you know that the price of corn has risen 142 percent in the last 12 months?  Of course corn is used in hundreds of different products we buy at the grocery store, and so everyone is […]

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Lumber: Scary-Crazy Inflation Now Gets Passed On. But These WTF Price Spikes Cannot Last

May 6, 2021

Lumber: Scary-Crazy Inflation Now Gets Passed On. But These WTF Price Spikes Cannot Last Irrational behavior by buyers confidently betting on being able to pass on that irrationality to their customers. It works until it doesn’t. Lumber futures on Chicago Mercantile Exchange currently trade at a record high of $1,610 per thousand board feet, having […]

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“Things Are Out Of Control”: Supply Chain Collapse Leads To Lumber Frenzy, Soaring Home Prices

April 14, 2021

“Things Are Out Of Control”: Supply Chain Collapse Leads To Lumber Frenzy, Soaring Home Prices With median prices for both existing and new homes at all time highs, and soaring at a record annualized rate of almost 20%… … increasingly more Americans find themselves priced out of homeownership, while still cautious banks refuse to lend […]

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“The Outlook For The Global Economy Has Deteriorated”: Oil, Copper And Lumber Are All Telling Us The Next Economic Downturn Is Here

November 19, 2018

“The Outlook For The Global Economy Has Deteriorated”: Oil, Copper And Lumber Are All Telling Us The Next Economic Downturn Is Here Oil, copper and lumber are all telling us the exact same thing, and it isn’t good news for the global economy.  When economic activity is booming, demand for commodities such as oil, copper […]

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Commodities crash: Bad news for the world economy, but is anyone listening?

February 2, 2015

Commodities crash: Bad news for the world economy, but is anyone listening? Reading the general run of financial headlines might lead one to believe that price declines in those commodities which are highly sensitive to economic conditions such as iron ore, copper, oil, natural gas, coal, and lumber are good on their face. Obviously, the declines aren’t good for those who sell these commodities. […]

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