The Campbell Report
The Campbell Report offers investment strategies for both conservative and aggressive equity investing, the model portfolios focus on blue chip stocks and high quality income investments. For the more adventurous investor the Aggressive Portfolio holds speculative investments. The weekly updates offer investment ideas, stock market news and economic commentary designed to help investors achieve their investment goals.
Investing Update:
January 29, 2008 – Food inflation is gaining strength:
A combination of factors is driving the price of basic foods up and this trend is not a reaction to seasonal factors or changes in crop yields due to drought as has been the case in the past. In the past food prices tended to move up due to crop failures from droughts and other weather related factors. The current trend is partially a reaction .....
January 28, 2008 – Bear Market!!
The stock markets in North America have been on a very volatile down trend since the summer. Since the credit crunch started in mid summer the financial services sector has been hit hard with write offs subprime mortgage investments and a steadily increasing foreclosure rate ...
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Investing Idea:
January 29, 2008 – Food in an up trend :
The price of grains has soared as global demand increases, driven again by the ongoing economic expansion in Asia. The Asian economies led by China and India have been growing at or near double digits for the past few years and has created a dramatic increase in wealth. The creation of new middle class families is causing a substantial change in diet along with increased demand for consumer goods. As incomes increase demand for a more varied diet increase as well, the net result will be a substantial increase in demand for beef and pork which have not historically been a major part of the diet in China or India.
Investors looking for a diversified position in the agricultural commodity sector should consider the Powershares DB Agricultural Fund ETF (DBA-N) the fund is based on the Deutsche Bank liquid Commodity Index. The index includes some of the most liquid and actively traded commodities, Corn, Soy Beans, Wheat and Sugar. The base weighting of the index is 25% in each commodity and will be rebalanced annually in November. The units have a relatively low MER of 0.91% and offer investors a low cost method of holding a diversified position in the commodity sector. This ETF may not be appropriate for all investors due to the potential for extreme volatility commonly associated with commodity markets.
