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Wouldn't the smartest thing for Brazil be to use their vast natural resources to manufacture end products and export them, instead of exporting the raw materials? Profit margins would be much higher.

lets vote on this again

as long as there's people shorting, the price will keep going up. and to think people were certain of oil not going above 110 again...

I'm 9 feet tall, margin of error in this calculation is 4 feet. Below 6 feet I would be considered short, above I would be considerd tall.

Thanks for the reply Holygrail.

Where was your the bulk of your demand coming from before each recession, and has that changed since?

When you see a few major countries' economies blowing up due to massive inflation, the dollar bottom will be close. This is like getting rid of the competition by playing a game of who can hold their breath the longest, while knowing full well you have the biggest oxygen tank.

You couldn't predict your way out of a wet paperbag, otherwise you would have... PREDICTED SOMETHING. Next week is fast approaching, predict something buddy.

mmm...I'm guessing that's not a very good measurement for the size of an oil field. Ghawar Field in Saudi Arabia, the world's largest field at 71 billion barrels, 'only' has about 2.2 years of global supply(or had at one point in time).

That one is small in comparison to their new find. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7348111.stm

Optimisticaly I would say those changes would take at least a decade to happen + make an impact. The technology must arise, it needs to be accepted and funded, infrastructure must be built, new vehicles would need to become cost effective, etc... Its not a bag I wanna hold.

Is this a trick question?

If your view of immigrants is that they are pre-historic creatures, maybe the article has a point. California has a huge number of high-skilled immigrants, and needs more. California also has many farms and a huge number of low-skilled immigrant workers. The reality is that most fall...

Simple logic here: If: Bull Market Then: Sell in May and go away If: Bear Market Then: Buy(or cover) in May and go away* Logical progression leads to the down trend resuming later in the year, after a mid-year pause. This would mean commodities pause here and resume uptrend later...

Nah, I'll make enough money buying backdated options.

:D thank you, thank you

My theory is the euro when up so fast it distorted the space-time continuum and created a wormhole. Soon it will travel back in time.

Are you kidding me, it is a big f'ng deal. Not only because of the amount of money involved in transactions which use the LIBOR, but also because it is a major benchmark. If it is found unreliable, it casts a more doubt on a system which doesn't need anymore stress.

As if it would be allowed to happen....

currency. You can buy high yelding bonds from countries with high interest rates, like: Turkey, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia Then trade against it in a currency acount.