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Stocks decline in early trading as dollar rises
Nov 20th, 2009 - Chicago Sun-Times
NEW YORK -- Stocks fell in early morning trading Friday as the dollar continued to strengthen, and after a week of mixed economic reports. Overseas markets declined. European...
Stock futures point to further slide
Nov 20th, 2009 - USA Today
NEW YORK — Stocks are falling in the early moments of trading as the dollar strengthens further, and after a week of mixed economic reports. With little economic news to help sway the market Friday...
Crude Oil Drops as Dollar Gains, Lowering Appeal of Commodities
Nov 20th, 2009 - Bloomberg
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil declined for a second dayin as the dollar strengthened against the euro, lowering theappeal of commodities as a currency hedge. Oil fell...
Crude Oil Declines for First Time in Four Days as Dollar Gains
Nov 19th, 2009 - Bloomberg
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil fell for the first time infour days as the dollar gained against the euro, dulling theappeal of commodities as a currency hedge. Oil fell from a one-week high reached yesterday after theU.S...
Crude Oil Rises a Third Day After Report Shows Lower Supplies
Nov 18th, 2009 - Bloomberg
Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil futures rose after a U.S.government report showed an unexpected decline in inventories. Supplies dropped 887,000 barrels to 336.8 million in theweek ended Nov...

Commodities videos from YouTube:

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Jim Rogers Invest in Agricultural Commodities Mar 04 2009
As the supply of commodities continues be under stress, Jim Rogers, author, adventure capitalist and international investor tells Martin Soong & Sri Jegarajah why the case for agricultural commodities in China is particularly strong ...
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Bullish On Commodities - Bloomberg
Analysis and discussion with Yves Lamoureux of Blackmont Capital Inc. (Taking Stock)
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Tradable commodities
Learn about their fundamental properties
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The Dollar is Doomed and the Fed's Days are Numbered
In this very recent interview with Bloomberg Jim Rogers says Asia is the future, the dollar is a terribly flawed currency and he doesn't want to own any, oil will certainly pass $200/barrel soon, and the (privately owned) Federal Reserve will disappear within the next decade ...

Commodities from WikiPedia:

A commodity is some good for which there is demand, but which is supplied without qualitative differentiation across a market. It is a product that is the same no matter who produces it, such as petroleum, notebook paper, or milk. In other words, copper is copper. The price of copper is universal, and fluctuates daily based on global supply and demand. Stereos, on the other hand, have many levels of quality. And, the better a stereo is [perceived to be], the more it will cost.

One of the characteristics of a commodity good is that its price is determined as a function of its market as a whole. Well-established physical commodities have actively traded spot and derivative markets. Generally, these are basic resources and agricultural products such as iron ore, crude oil, coal, ethanol, salt, sugar, coffee beans, soybeans, aluminum, copper, rice, wheat, gold, silver and platinum.