Market Vectors Agribusiness

• How to Profit from the Fed´s Money Printing Policies

  By Andrés Cardenal - September 17, 2012 | Tickers: MOO, DBA, DBC, GLD, XME

  The cards are on the table; it seems like we will have large amounts of money flowing into the US economy for a very long time, and this will have important implications for global assets prices. Needless to say,it will also affect your portfolio.

  There are some real questions regarding how positive such measures will be for actual economic growth, but one effect of all this liquidity is much more »

• 5 Stocks to Profit from Soaring Grain Prices

  By TS Davis - July 24, 2012 | Tickers: ADM, MOO, MON, DBA, CORN

  The 2012 drought has been hard on farmers in the United States. I know personally as the drought here in Kentucky laid waste to the second cutting of hay on my father's hay fields, which is vital to feeding the herds through the coming winter months and providing enough hay for the feeder calves that will be topped out in the feed lot. Another problem facing farmers and ranchers more »

• Three ETFs to Outperform the Markets in the Long Term

  By Andrés Cardenal - June 27, 2012 | Tickers: MOO, XLK, DGS

  An investor who buys an individual stock is tied to that company's future until the time of sale, for better or for worse. This means the possibilities to achieve extraordinary returns are much higher with stocks than with Exchange Traded Funds - ETFs -, but so are the chances of severe loses if the company doesn't do as expected.

  ETFs; on the other hand, provide broad diversification at a conveniently more »

• Despite Market Negativity, Agribusiness Companies Keep Performing Strongly

  By Andrés Cardenal - May 19, 2012 | Tickers: AGU, CF, DE, MOO, DBA

  The chart from Yahoo Finance compares returns over the last three months for PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (NYSEMKT: DBA) and Market Vectors Agribusiness (NYSEMKT: MOO), the ETFs that track agricultural commodities prices and shares of agribusiness stocks, respectively.

  Both instruments have been falling in tandem recently -- they usually move in similar ways, but many companies in the agro sector have been reporting very strong financial figures. Lower stock prices in more »

• Investing in the Companies that Will Feed the World

  By Andrés Cardenal - March 21, 2012 | Tickers: AGU, DE, MOO, MON, SYT

  The following chart shows a very important situation that should be closely monitored in the middle and long term: as the world population increases; land available for food production has been decreasing.

   

  Source: Laguna Pastoral Company, published in Business Insider.

   

  Not only that, but in high growth emerging markets like China, calorie consumption per capita is increasing rapidly as the population changes its consumption habits with higher disposable income, and more »

• Protect yourself from inflation with these ETFs

  By Andrés Cardenal - March 14, 2012 | Tickers: XLE, STIP, TIP, MOO, GLD

  Inflation can be one of investor´s worst enemies in the long term, when money loses its value the scenario gets much more complicated for investors trying to protect the value of their capital. Unfortunately, the current economic environment of extremely low interest rates doesn´t provide many opportunities to beat inflation rates by investing in fixed income assets, especially if we see a rise in inflation in the middle more »

• Agriculture Sector: Worth Watching

  By Andrés Cardenal - January 6, 2012 | Tickers: AGCO, AGU, ADM, BRFS, CF, DE, MOO, MON, POT, DBA, SYT

  Agriculture stocks had a rough time in the last year, mostly due to weakness in commodity prices. There are some early signs that could be bullish for the sector, but it´s still too early to make a call, needless to say, too soon to commit any money. Many of these stocks have tempting upside potential, though, and they usually move quite fast. It may be a good idea to more »