tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post2450780519998474111..comments2008-02-15T15:05:27.112-05:00TraderMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241756200482130281noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post-81230804955664568452008-02-15T15:05:00.000-05:002008-02-15T15:05:00.000-05:00mike, thanks. There is "COW" an ETF from iPath<BR/><BR/>http://www.ipathetn.com/<BR/><BR/>Beef prices have already risen considerably as have chickens, hogs, etc. click on the label to the right for Smithfield Foods for example. The problem is even if you raise your price, if your inputs are going faster up, you still lose. Thats the heck of it.<BR/><BR/>Michael, I expect volatility but remember it is based on futures contracts not strict supply and demand for the ETF. Again, I am using it differently than maybe most will. I am using it like my Altria - a safe harbor (by safe I mean it should not drop 15% if the market swoons), so I can be "long" something; meanwhile expecting over the long run some increase in price. It is not that volatile at least compared to fertilizer, coal, infrastructure, solar, etc. So it is all relative when you speak of volatility. If you are looking to trade there are far better things out there (a trader prefers volatility, i.e. beta)TraderMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241756200482130281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post-6209831077138834672008-02-15T14:54:00.000-05:002008-02-15T14:54:00.000-05:00So the question now is when to get in and out of ETFs like DBA. I agree long term DBA should continue to rise, but as more people become aware of the situation it will probably go up and down quite a bit more than it has so far.Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603027333434481007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post-82720708295224923472008-02-15T14:43:00.000-05:002008-02-15T14:43:00.000-05:00Are there any liquid ETFs that represent livestock (cattle, lean hogs?). One would think that beef prices will rise considerably as demand/price for corn/wheat rises.<BR/><BR/><BR/>p.s. - great blog!Mike Maslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06275851037612575206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post-88125708783157017292008-02-15T13:42:00.000-05:002008-02-15T13:42:00.000-05:00Old is new again, so Dow should outperform QQQQ.Wanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04490150668710827751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post-77601487611725649292008-02-15T13:35:00.000-05:002008-02-15T13:35:00.000-05:00Whats old is new again.<BR/><BR/>I just hope the farmers treat us better than the current aristocracy. Well, it could not be much worse...TraderMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241756200482130281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post-61463971625714379382008-02-15T12:16:00.000-05:002008-02-15T12:16:00.000-05:00Farmers will be the new aristocracy. Silicon Valley will be the new farmers.NSTIEGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08233666386082240574noreply@blogger.com