In times of economic uncertainty investment opportunities do present themselves. As one part of the world economy is not performing another part is. These imbalances create opportunities for investors who are willing to look past the newspaper headlines.
One such area of opportunity is in commodities. As the demand for a wide range of commodities continues apace in everything from food to precious metals there has been a lot of talk of a “commodities bubble”. What has to be remembered is that a lot of this demand has been driven by a burgeoning population in Asia with increasing disposable wealth – among other things. As these economies and populations continue to grow demand does not look like slowing down anytime soon.
As the famous commodities investor Jim Rogers said recently “A bubble is when things are screaming up every day and they go to new highs, two or three times their old highs. We’ll have a bubble in commodities, and we’re not there yet. I expect there would be more corrections during the course of the bull market. I hope that the bull market goes up, consolidates, goes up, consolidates goes up and consolidates for years to come. That is my expectation for all commodities”
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-Steve Garavan
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Great post. I very much agree. It is not all doom and gloom. For those who have some cash stashed away there are many great bargains to be had (in comparison to the prices during our ‘boom’). Property and cars for example are finally selling at reasonable and realistic prices.
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