Sentences with phrase «lesser known commodity»

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China is no longer growing at 7 to 10 %, which means less demand for commodities, explains Timmer.

Investors are turning their attention to a lesser - known commodity which experienced its biggest ever price surge at the start of this year.

I time the market in the sense that when I find a commodity where the selling price is less than the cost of production, in other words, an industry that's in liquidation, I know that either the material becomes unavailable or the price goes up and the longer the situation lasts, the more dramatic the response will be.

ETFs that use derivatives — such as forward contracts, swaps and commodity futures — often have significant trading expense ratios (TERs), the lesser known cousins of the MER.

What I can say from a strategic perspective is that 1) I like a purchase of assets at historically low prices, 2) MFC has some expertise in the commodity business so this isn't completely outside their playing field, 3) perhaps, worst case, there could be a strategy to purchase the assets in bulk at a distress sale and then sell them off piecemeal for a profit, and 4) while this may be a role of the dice (who knows where gas prices will be a year from now) MFC is not betting the ranch; the total investment will be about CDN $ 75 million ($ 33 for the outstanding shares, $ 8 million for the warrants, $ 30 million additional investment and I've estimated $ 4 million for transaction costs), or less than 25 % of MFC's current cash hoard.

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Instead of focusing on the most popular commodities, investors should look to some of the lesser - known hard assets or funds that invest in a multitude of futures contracts.

Limiting your pool of buyers in that way, limits competition and as we know, less competition for any commodity can lead to a lower price.