8/18/09

What do gold, fertilizer, crude oil,....have in common?

News. Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Cargill Inc., the largest privately held U.S. company, said fiscal fourth-quarter profit plunged 69 percent because of lower demand for fertilizers.

My answer. None. They are all commodities. Over the long term, commodities rise when demand is strong (the economy is growing rapidly) and are weak when demand is sluggish (the economy is going nowhere).

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