Sunday, January 21, 2007

Wall Street Is Betting on the Farm

Wall Street Is Betting on the Farm

Wall Street commodity funds that have been investing heavily in energy futures are now loading up on agricultural commodities like corn and livestock futures.

Big Players in Commodities The flood of investment has raised concerns among grain traders and agricultural producers that speculative money is gaining an undue influence over their markets, which help set the prices of raw commodities for a host of consumer food products.

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Question to readers.
Will these capital flows from institutional investors cause inflation in consumer food prices at the market?

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