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| adam_text | Contents at a Glance
Introduction................................................................. /
Part 1: Commodities: Just the Facts................................9
Chapter 1: Investors, Start Your Engines! An Overview of Commodities.................11
Chapter 2: Earn, Baby, Earn! Why You Should Invest in Commodities......................25
Chapter 3: Is Investing in Commodities Only for the Brave?......................................41
Chapter 4: Get Ready to Rumble! Commodity Bulls vs. Bears...................................51
Chapter 5: Feel the Love: Welcoming Commodities into Your Portfolio...................61
Part 11: Getting Started...............................................77
Chapter 6: Show Me the Money! Choosing the Right Manager..................................79
Chapter 7: Track and Trade: Investing through Commodity Indexes........................97
Chapter 8: Understanding How Commodities Exchanges Work..............................115
Chapter 9: Back to the Future: Getting a Grip on Futures and Options..................133
Chapter 10: Technically Speaking: Using Technical Analysis...................................151
Part 111: The Pouter House: Hou/ to
Make Moneu in Energu..............................................167
Chapter 11: It s a Crude, Crude World! Investing in Crude Oil ................................169
Chapter 12: Welcome to Gas Vegas, Baby! Trading Natural Gas..............................189
Chapter 13: Fuel for Thought: Looking at Alternative Energy Sources...................201
Chapter 14: Totally Energized: Investing in Energy Companies...............................217
Part IV: Pedal to the Metal: Investing in Metals..........233
Chapter 15: Getting the Glitters: Investing in Gold, Silver, and Platinum................235
Chapter 16: Metals That Prove Their Mettle: Steel, Aluminum, and Copper.........253
Chapter 17: Weighing Investments in Heavy and Not-So-Heavy Metals..................265
Chapter 18: Mine Your Own Business-: Unearthing the Top Mining Companies ....273
Part V: Going botin to the Farm:
Trading Agricultural Products....................................283
Chapter 19: Breakfast of Champions: Profiting from
Coffee, Cocoa, Sugar, and Orange Juice....................................................................285
Chapter 20: How to Gain from Grains: Trading Corn, Wheat, and Soybeans.........297
Chapter 21: Alive and Kicking! How to Make Money Trading Livestock.................307
Part (/I: The Part of Tens...........................................315
Chapter 22: Top Ten Ways to Invest in Commodities................................................317
Chapter 23: Top Ten Market Indicators You Should Monitor...................................321
Chapter 24: Ten or So Resources You Can t Do Without...........................................327
Part V h The Appendix..............................................331
Appendix: Glossary of Technical Terms......................................................................333
Index.......................................................................343
Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................../
About This Book...............................................................................................1
Conventions Used in This Book.....................................................................3
Foolish Assumptions.......................................................................................3
How This Book Is Organized...........................................................................4
Part I: Commodities: Just the Facts.....................................................4
Part II: Getting Started...........................................................................5
Part III: The Power House: How to Make Money in Energy...............5
Part IV: Pedal to the Metal: Investing in Metals..................................5
Part V: Going Down to the Farm: Trading Agricultural Products.....5
Part VI: The Part of Tens.......................................................................6
Part VII: The Appendix...........................................................................6
Icons Used in This Book..................................................................................6
Where to Go from Here....................................................................................7
Parti: Commodities: Just the Facts.................................9
Chapter 1: Investors, Start Your Engines!
An Overview of Commodities ..................................11
First Things First............................................................................................12
Going for a Spin: Choosing the Right Investment Vehicle.........................14
The futures markets.............................................................................14
The equity markets..............................................................................16
Managed funds......................................................................................18
Physical attractiveness........................................................................18
Checking Out What s on the Menu...............................................................19
Energy....................................................................................................19
Metals.....................................................................................................20
Agricultural products...........................................................................21
Benefiting from Commodities Creatively....................................................23
Chapter 2: Earn, Baby, Earn! Why You
Should Invest in Commodities..................................25
You Can t Argue with Success......................................................................26
The 21st Century Is the Century of Commodities.....................................28
Ka-boom! Capitalizing on the global population explosion............29
Brick by brick: Profiting from urbanization......................................30
Full steam ahead! Benefiting from industrialization........................32
Commodities For Dummies
It s All about Me! Why Commodities Are Unique.......................................34
Inelasticity.............................................................................................34
Is it safe in here? Commodities as a safe haven...............................36
Hedge-hogging galore! Commodities
as a hedge against inflation.............................................................36
Could you hurry up, please! Bringing
new sources online takes time........................................................38
Sell in May and go away? Definitely nay!...........................................38
Time to Get Down to Business: Commodities and the Business Cycle...39
Chapter 3: Is Investing in Commodities Only for the Brave?........41
Biting Off More Than You Can Chew: The Pitfalls of Using Leverage......42
Watch Your Step: Understanding the Real Risks behind Commodities....43
Geopolitical risk....................................................................................43
Speculative risk....................................................................................44
Corporate governance risk.................................................................45
Managing Risk.................................................................................................45
Due diligence: Just do it......................................................................45
Diversify, diversify, diversify...............................................................49
Chapter 4: Get Ready to Rumble! Commodity Bulls vs. Bears.......51
Seeing Both the Forest and the Trees..........................................................52
Ride the Wave? Kondratieff and the Super Cycle Theory.........................58
Keeping It Simple: Looking at the Laws of Supply and Demand..............58
Chapter 5: Feel the Love: Welcoming
Commodities into Your Portfolio................................61
The Color of Money: Taking Control of Your Financial Life......................62
Looking Ahead: Creating a Financial Road Map.........................................63
Figuring out your net worth................................................................64
Identifying your tax bracket................................................................66
Are you hungry? Determining your risk appetite.............................68
Making Room in Your Portfolio for Commodities......................................69
Fully Exposed: The Top Ways to Get Exposure to Commodities.............70
Looking towards the future with commodity futures......................70
Funding your account with commodity funds.................................73
You re in good company: Investing in commodity companies.......74
Pan 11: Getting Started................................................77
Chapter 6: Show Me the Money! Choosing the Right Manager.....79
Mutually Beneficial: Investing in Commodity Mutual Funds....................79
Riddle me this, riddle me that: Asking the right questions............80
Taking a look at what s out there.......................................................83
Table of Contents
Examining Exchange Traded Funds.............................................................84
Mastering MLPs..............................................................................................85
The ABCs of MLPs................................................................................86
Cash flow is king...................................................................................89
The nuts and bolts of MLP investing.................................................91
Heads Up! Risk and MLPs....................................................................92
Relying on a Commodity Trading Advisor..................................................93
Jumping into a Commodity Pool..................................................................95
Chapter 7: Track and Trade: Investing through Commodity Indexes.. .97
Checking Out Commodity Indexes...............................................................98
What s the use of an index?.................................................................98
So how do I make money using an index?.........................................99
From Head to Toes: Anatomy of a Commodity Index................................99
Cataloguing the Indexes..............................................................................101
Goldman Sachs Commodity Index...................................................101
Reuters/Jefferies Commodity Research Bureau Index..................104
Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index....................................................106
Rogers International Commodities Index........................................108
Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index........................................Ill
Which Index Should You Use?....................................................................113
Chapter 8: Understanding How Commodities
Exchanges Work............................................115
Why Do We Have Commodities Exchanges, Anyway?.............................116
Identifying the Major Commodity Exchanges..........................................117
Ready, Set, Invest: Opening an Account and Placing Orders.................120
Choosing the right account...............................................................121
Placing orders.....................................................................................123
Tracking your order from start to finish.........................................126
Owning a Piece of an Exchange..................................................................129
Chapter 9: Back to the Future: Getting
a Grip on Futures and Options.................................133
The Future Looks Bright: How to Trade Futures Contracts...................134
The competition: Who trades futures?............................................136
Contract specs: Keeping track of all the moving pieces...............138
For a Few Dollars Less: Trading Futures on Margin................................142
Taking a Pulse: Figuring Out Where the Futures Market Is Heading.....143
Contango: It takes two to tango........................................................143
Backwardation: One step forward, two steps back.......................144
Keeping Your Options Open: Trading with Options................................145
Cutting to the chase: Options in action!..........................................146
Trader talk...........................................................................................147
Options have character.....................................................................148
Commodities For Dummies
Chapter 10: Technically Speaking: Using Technical Analysis.....151
Looking at Charts: A Picture Is Worth
More Than a Thousand Words...............................................................152
Line it up: Checking out line charts.................................................153
Going for bar charts...........................................................................153
Lighting up the chart with candlesticks.........................................155
Identifying Patterns: The Trend Is Your Friend........................................156
Identifying support and resistance..................................................156
Trend lines: Ride the trend till the end............................................159
Pump Up the Volume!..................................................................................160
Moving Averages: Anything But Average..................................................162
Keeping it simple with the SMA.................................................................162
Taking it up a notch with the EMA.............................................................162
It s All Relative: Using the RSI.....................................................................164
Breaking into Bollinger Bands....................................................................165
Part 111: The Pouter House: Hotf to
Make Money in Energy..............................................167
Chapter 11: It s a Crude, Crude World! Investing in Crude Oil......169
Crude Realities.............................................................................................170
No need for a reservation: Examining
global reserve estimates................................................................171
Staying busy and productive: Looking at production figures.......173
It can be demanding: Checking out demand figures......................174
Going in and out: Eyeing imports and exports...............................176
Going Up the Crude Chain..........................................................................178
You want that light and sweet or heavy and sour?........................179
Make Big Bucks with Big Oil.......................................................................182
Oil companies: Lubricated and firing on all cylinders...................182
Get your passport ready: Investing overseas.................................185
Chapter 12: Welcome to Gas Vegas, Baby! Trading Natural Gas .. .189
What s the Use? Looking at Natural Gas Applications............................190
Calling all captains of industry: Industrial uses of natural gas ....192
If you can t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen!
Natural gas in your home..............................................................193
Going commercial: Natural gas s commercial uses.......................194
Truly electrifying! Generating electricity with natural gas...........195
Getting from here to there: Natural gas and transportation.........196
Liquefied Natural Gas: Getting Liquid without Getting Wet...................196
Investing in Natural Gas..............................................................................197
Natural selection: Trading Nat Gas futures.....................................199
Nat Gas companies: The natural choice..........................................200
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Chapter 13: Fuel for Thought: Looking
at Alternative Energy Sources ................................201
Out with the Old and in with the New?.....................................................201
King Coal: Not as Scary as You Think........................................................203
Coal hard facts....................................................................................203
Paint it black.......................................................................................206
It s a coal investment.........................................................................207
Investing in Nuclear Power: Going Nuclear without Going Ballistic.....208
You ve Been Zapped! Trading Electricity..................................................210
Current affairs.....................................................................................210
Power plays.........................................................................................211
Always Brand Spanking New! Renewable Energy Sources......................213
Sunny delight: Solar energy...............................................................214
Fast and furious: Wind energy..........................................................214
Chapter 14: Totally Energized: Investing in Energy Companies___217
Bulls Eye! Profiting from Oil Exploration and Production......................217
Going offshore.....................................................................................218
Staying on dry land............................................................................221
Servicing the oilfields........................................................................221
Oh My, You re So Refined! Investing in Refineries....................................223
How to Become an Oil Shipping Magnate.................................................226
Swimming in oil: Transportation supply and demand..................226
Ships ahoy!..........................................................................................228
Masters of the sea: Petroleum shipping companies......................229
Swimming with sharks: Avoiding industry risk..............................231
Part IV: Pedal to the Metal: hvestinq in Metals..........233
Chapter 15: Getting the Glitters: Investing
in Gold, Silver, and Platinum..................................235
Going for the Gold........................................................................................235
The gold standard..............................................................................236
Good as gold.......................................................................................240
Get the Tableware Ready: Investing in Silver...........................................244
Checking out the big picture on the silver screen.........................244
A sliver of silver in your portfolio....................................................246
Bling Bling: Investing in Platinum..............................................................248
Platinum facts and figures.................................................................249
Going platinum...................................................................................249
Commodities For Dummies
Chapter 16: Metals That Prove Their Mettle:
Steel, Aluminum, and Copper.................................253
Building a Portfolio That s As Strong As Steel..........................................254
Steely facts..........................................................................................254
Investing in steel companies.............................................................255
Aluminum: Everything Is Illuminated........................................................257
Just the aluminum facts.....................................................................257
Aluminum futures...............................................................................258
Aluminum companies........................................................................260
A Visit to Dr. Copper....................................................................................260
Quick copper facts.............................................................................260
Copper futures contracts..................................................................262
Copper companies.............................................................................263
Chapter 17: Weighing Investments in
Heavy and Not-So-Heavy Metals..............................265
Palladium: Metal for the New Millennium.................................................265
Zinc and Grow Rich......................................................................................269
You Won t Get Nickel and Dimed by Investing in Nickel.........................270
Chapter 18: Mine Your Own Business: Unearthing
the Top Mining Companies ...................................273
Diversified Mining Companies....................................................................274
BHPBilliton.........................................................................................274
RioTinto..............................................................................................275
Anglo-American..................................................................................276
Specialized Mining Companies...................................................................278
Newmont Mining — Gold..................................................................278
Silver Wheaton — Silver....................................................................278
Phelps Dodge — Copper...................................................................279
Alcoa — Aluminum............................................................................280
Arcelor-Mittal — Steel........................................................................281
Part V: Going Dou/n to the farm:
Trading Agricultural Products....................................283
Chapter 19: Breakfast of Champions: Profiting from
Coffee, Cocoa, Sugar, and Orange Juice........................285
Give Your Portfolio a Buzz by Investing in Coffee....................................285
Coffee: It s time for your big break...................................................286
Brewing the right investment strategy............................................287
Warming Up to Cocoa..................................................................................289
Invest in Sugar: It s Such a Sweet Move!....................................................291
Orange Juice: Refreshingly Good for Your Bottom Line.........................293
Table of Contents
Chapter 20: How to Gain from Grains:
Trading Corn, Wheat, and Soybeans ...........................297
Field of Dreams: How to Invest in Corn.....................................................298
Welcome to the Bread Basket: Investing in Wheat..................................300
Trading Soybeans: It s Not Just Peanuts...................................................302
Soybeans.............................................................................................303
Soybean oil..........................................................................................304
Soybean meal......................................................................................305
Chapter 21: Alive and Kicking! How to
Make Money Trading Livestock...............................307
Holy Cow! How to Invest in Cattle..............................................................308
Live cattle............................................................................................309
Feeder cattle.......................................................................................310
Lean and Mean: Checking Out Lean Hogs.................................................311
You Want Bacon with That? How to Trade Frozen Pork Bellies.............312
Part VI: The Part of Tens............................................315
Chapter 22: Top Ten Ways to Invest in Commodities..............317
Futures Commission Merchant..................................................................317
Commodity Trading Advisor......................................................................318
Commodity Pool Operator..........................................................................318
Integrated Commodity Companies............................................................318
Specialized Commodity Companies..........................................................318
Master Limited Partnerships......................................................................319
Exchange Traded Funds..............................................................................319
Commodity Mutual Funds...........................................................................319
Commodity Indexes.....................................................................................320
Emerging Market Funds...............................................................................320
Chapter 23: Top Ten Market Indicators You Should Monitor.......321
Consumer Price Index.................................................................................321
EIA Inventory Reports.................................................................................322
Federal Funds Rate......................................................................................322
Gross Domestic Product.............................................................................322
London Gold Fix...........................................................................................323
Non-farm Payrolls.........................................................................................323
Purchasing Managers Index........................................................................324
Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index.......................................................................324
US Dollar........................................................................................................324
WTI Crude Oil...............................................................................................324
Commodities For Dummies
Chapter 24: Ten or So Resources You Can t Do Without...........327
The Wall Street Journal.................................................................................327
Bloomberg.....................................................................................................328
Commodities-Investor.com.........................................................................328
Nightly Business Report................................................................................328
Morningstar..................................................................................................329
Yahoo! Finance..............................................................................................329
Commodity Futures Trading Commission................................................329
The Energy Information Administration...................................................329
Stocks and Commodities Magazine.............................................................330
Oil Gas Journal..........................................................................................330
National Futures Association......................................................................330
Part Vlh The Appendix...............................................331
Appendix: Glossary of Technical Terms........................333
Index........................................................................3b3
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Contents at a Glance
Introduction. /
Part 1: Commodities: Just the Facts.9
Chapter 1: Investors, Start Your Engines! An Overview of Commodities.11
Chapter 2: Earn, Baby, Earn! Why You Should Invest in Commodities.25
Chapter 3: Is Investing in Commodities Only for the Brave?.41
Chapter 4: Get Ready to Rumble! Commodity Bulls vs. Bears.51
Chapter 5: Feel the Love: Welcoming Commodities into Your Portfolio.61
Part 11: Getting Started.77
Chapter 6: Show Me the Money! Choosing the Right Manager.79
Chapter 7: Track and Trade: Investing through Commodity Indexes.97
Chapter 8: Understanding How Commodities Exchanges Work.115
Chapter 9: Back to the Future: Getting a Grip on Futures and Options.133
Chapter 10: Technically Speaking: Using Technical Analysis.151
Part 111: The Pouter House: Hou/ to
Make Moneu in Energu.167
Chapter 11: It's a Crude, Crude World! Investing in Crude Oil .169
Chapter 12: Welcome to Gas Vegas, Baby! Trading Natural Gas.189
Chapter 13: Fuel for Thought: Looking at Alternative Energy Sources.201
Chapter 14: Totally Energized: Investing in Energy Companies.217
Part IV: Pedal to the Metal: Investing in Metals.233
Chapter 15: Getting the Glitters: Investing in Gold, Silver, and Platinum.235
Chapter 16: Metals That Prove Their Mettle: Steel, Aluminum, and Copper.253
Chapter 17: Weighing Investments in Heavy and Not-So-Heavy Metals.265
Chapter 18: Mine Your Own Business-: Unearthing the Top Mining Companies .273
Part V: Going botin to the Farm:
Trading Agricultural Products.283
Chapter 19: Breakfast of Champions: Profiting from
Coffee, Cocoa, Sugar, and Orange Juice.285
Chapter 20: How to Gain from Grains: Trading Corn, Wheat, and Soybeans.297
Chapter 21: Alive and Kicking! How to Make Money Trading Livestock.307
Part (/I: The Part of Tens.315
Chapter 22: Top Ten Ways to Invest in Commodities.317
Chapter 23: Top Ten Market Indicators You Should Monitor.321
Chapter 24: Ten or So Resources You Can't Do Without.327
Part V\h The Appendix.331
Appendix: Glossary of Technical Terms.333
Index.343
Table of Contents
Introduction./
About This Book.1
Conventions Used in This Book.3
Foolish Assumptions.3
How This Book Is Organized.4
Part I: Commodities: Just the Facts.4
Part II: Getting Started.5
Part III: The Power House: How to Make Money in Energy.5
Part IV: Pedal to the Metal: Investing in Metals.5
Part V: Going Down to the Farm: Trading Agricultural Products.5
Part VI: The Part of Tens.6
Part VII: The Appendix.6
Icons Used in This Book.6
Where to Go from Here.7
Parti: Commodities: Just the Facts.9
Chapter 1: Investors, Start Your Engines!
An Overview of Commodities .11
First Things First.12
Going for a Spin: Choosing the Right Investment Vehicle.14
The futures markets.14
The equity markets.16
Managed funds.18
Physical attractiveness.18
Checking Out What's on the Menu.19
Energy.19
Metals.20
Agricultural products.21
Benefiting from Commodities Creatively.23
Chapter 2: Earn, Baby, Earn! Why You
Should Invest in Commodities.25
You Can't Argue with Success.26
The 21st Century Is the Century of Commodities.28
Ka-boom! Capitalizing on the global population explosion.29
Brick by brick: Profiting from urbanization.30
Full steam ahead! Benefiting from industrialization.32
Commodities For Dummies
It's All about Me! Why Commodities Are Unique.34
Inelasticity.34
Is it safe in here? Commodities as a safe haven.36
Hedge-hogging galore! Commodities
as a hedge against inflation.36
Could you hurry up, please! Bringing
new sources online takes time.38
Sell in May and go away? Definitely nay!.38
Time to Get Down to Business: Commodities and the Business Cycle.39
Chapter 3: Is Investing in Commodities Only for the Brave?.41
Biting Off More Than You Can Chew: The Pitfalls of Using Leverage.42
Watch Your Step: Understanding the Real Risks behind Commodities.43
Geopolitical risk.43
Speculative risk.44
Corporate governance risk.45
Managing Risk.45
Due diligence: Just do it.45
Diversify, diversify, diversify.49
Chapter 4: Get Ready to Rumble! Commodity Bulls vs. Bears.51
Seeing Both the Forest and the Trees.52
Ride the Wave? Kondratieff and the Super Cycle Theory.58
Keeping It Simple: Looking at the Laws of Supply and Demand.58
Chapter 5: Feel the Love: Welcoming
Commodities into Your Portfolio.61
The Color of Money: Taking Control of Your Financial Life.62
Looking Ahead: Creating a Financial Road Map.63
Figuring out your net worth.64
Identifying your tax bracket.66
Are you hungry? Determining your risk appetite.68
Making Room in Your Portfolio for Commodities.69
Fully Exposed: The Top Ways to Get Exposure to Commodities.70
Looking towards the future with commodity futures.70
Funding your account with commodity funds.73
You're in good company: Investing in commodity companies.74
Pan 11: Getting Started.77
Chapter 6: Show Me the Money! Choosing the Right Manager.79
Mutually Beneficial: Investing in Commodity Mutual Funds.79
Riddle me this, riddle me that: Asking the right questions.80
Taking a look at what's out there.83
Table of Contents
Examining Exchange Traded Funds.84
Mastering MLPs.85
The ABCs of MLPs.86
Cash flow is king.89
The nuts and bolts of MLP investing.91
Heads Up! Risk and MLPs.92
Relying on a Commodity Trading Advisor.93
Jumping into a Commodity Pool.95
Chapter 7: Track and Trade: Investing through Commodity Indexes. .97
Checking Out Commodity Indexes.98
What's the use of an index?.98
So how do I make money using an index?.99
From Head to Toes: Anatomy of a Commodity Index.99
Cataloguing the Indexes.101
Goldman Sachs Commodity Index.101
Reuters/Jefferies Commodity Research Bureau Index.104
Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index.106
Rogers International Commodities Index.108
Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index.Ill
Which Index Should You Use?.113
Chapter 8: Understanding How Commodities
Exchanges Work.115
Why Do We Have Commodities Exchanges, Anyway?.116
Identifying the Major Commodity Exchanges.117
Ready, Set, Invest: Opening an Account and Placing Orders.120
Choosing the right account.121
Placing orders.123
Tracking your order from start to finish.126
Owning a Piece of an Exchange.129
Chapter 9: Back to the Future: Getting
a Grip on Futures and Options.133
The Future Looks Bright: How to Trade Futures Contracts.134
The competition: Who trades futures?.136
Contract specs: Keeping track of all the moving pieces.138
For a Few Dollars Less: Trading Futures on Margin.142
Taking a Pulse: Figuring Out Where the Futures Market Is Heading.143
Contango: It takes two to tango.143
Backwardation: One step forward, two steps back.144
Keeping Your Options Open: Trading with Options.145
Cutting to the chase: Options in action!.146
Trader talk.147
Options have character.148
Commodities For Dummies
Chapter 10: Technically Speaking: Using Technical Analysis.151
Looking at Charts: A Picture Is Worth
More Than a Thousand Words.152
Line it up: Checking out line charts.153
Going for bar charts.153
Lighting up the chart with candlesticks.155
Identifying Patterns: The Trend Is Your Friend.156
Identifying support and resistance.156
Trend lines: Ride the trend till the end.159
Pump Up the Volume!.160
Moving Averages: Anything But Average.162
Keeping it simple with the SMA.162
Taking it up a notch with the EMA.162
It's All Relative: Using the RSI.164
Breaking into Bollinger Bands.165
Part 111: The Pouter House: Hotf to
Make Money in Energy.167
Chapter 11: It's a Crude, Crude World! Investing in Crude Oil.169
Crude Realities.170
No need for a reservation: Examining
global reserve estimates.171
Staying busy and productive: Looking at production figures.173
It can be demanding: Checking out demand figures.174
Going in and out: Eyeing imports and exports.176
Going Up the Crude Chain.178
You want that light and sweet or heavy and sour?.179
Make Big Bucks with Big Oil.182
Oil companies: Lubricated and firing on all cylinders.182
Get your passport ready: Investing overseas.185
Chapter 12: Welcome to Gas Vegas, Baby! Trading Natural Gas . .189
What's the Use? Looking at Natural Gas Applications.190
Calling all captains of industry: Industrial uses of natural gas .192
If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen!
Natural gas in your home.193
Going commercial: Natural gas's commercial uses.194
Truly electrifying! Generating electricity with natural gas.195
Getting from here to there: Natural gas and transportation.196
Liquefied Natural Gas: Getting Liquid without Getting Wet.196
Investing in Natural Gas.197
Natural selection: Trading Nat Gas futures.199
Nat Gas companies: The natural choice.200
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Chapter 13: Fuel for Thought: Looking
at Alternative Energy Sources .201
Out with the Old and in with the New?.201
King Coal: Not as Scary as You Think.203
Coal hard facts.203
Paint it black.206
It's a coal investment.207
Investing in Nuclear Power: Going Nuclear without Going Ballistic.208
You've Been Zapped! Trading Electricity.210
Current affairs.210
Power plays.211
Always Brand Spanking New! Renewable Energy Sources.213
Sunny delight: Solar energy.214
Fast and furious: Wind energy.214
Chapter 14: Totally Energized: Investing in Energy Companies_217
Bulls Eye! Profiting from Oil Exploration and Production.217
Going offshore.218
Staying on dry land.221
Servicing the oilfields.221
Oh My, You're So Refined! Investing in Refineries.223
How to Become an Oil Shipping Magnate.226
Swimming in oil: Transportation supply and demand.226
Ships ahoy!.228
Masters of the sea: Petroleum shipping companies.229
Swimming with sharks: Avoiding industry risk.231
Part IV: Pedal to the Metal: hvestinq in Metals.233
Chapter 15: Getting the Glitters: Investing
in Gold, Silver, and Platinum.235
Going for the Gold.235
The gold standard.236
Good as gold.240
Get the Tableware Ready: Investing in Silver.244
Checking out the big picture on the silver screen.244
A sliver of silver in your portfolio.246
Bling Bling: Investing in Platinum.248
Platinum facts and figures.249
Going platinum.249
Commodities For Dummies
Chapter 16: Metals That Prove Their Mettle:
Steel, Aluminum, and Copper.253
Building a Portfolio That's As Strong As Steel.254
Steely facts.254
Investing in steel companies.255
Aluminum: Everything Is Illuminated.257
Just the aluminum facts.257
Aluminum futures.258
Aluminum companies.260
A Visit to Dr. Copper.260
Quick copper facts.260
Copper futures contracts.262
Copper companies.263
Chapter 17: Weighing Investments in
Heavy and Not-So-Heavy Metals.265
Palladium: Metal for the New Millennium.265
Zinc and Grow Rich.269
You Won't Get Nickel and Dimed by Investing in Nickel.270
Chapter 18: Mine Your Own Business: Unearthing
the Top Mining Companies .273
Diversified Mining Companies.274
BHPBilliton.274
RioTinto.275
Anglo-American.276
Specialized Mining Companies.278
Newmont Mining — Gold.278
Silver Wheaton — Silver.278
Phelps Dodge — Copper.279
Alcoa — Aluminum.280
Arcelor-Mittal — Steel.281
Part V: Going Dou/n to the farm:
Trading Agricultural Products.283
Chapter 19: Breakfast of Champions: Profiting from
Coffee, Cocoa, Sugar, and Orange Juice.285
Give Your Portfolio a Buzz by Investing in Coffee.285
Coffee: It's time for your big break.286
Brewing the right investment strategy.287
Warming Up to Cocoa.289
Invest in Sugar: It's Such a Sweet Move!.291
Orange Juice: Refreshingly Good for Your Bottom Line.293
Table of Contents
Chapter 20: How to Gain from Grains:
Trading Corn, Wheat, and Soybeans .297
Field of Dreams: How to Invest in Corn.298
Welcome to the Bread Basket: Investing in Wheat.300
Trading Soybeans: It's Not Just Peanuts.302
Soybeans.303
Soybean oil.304
Soybean meal.305
Chapter 21: Alive and Kicking! How to
Make Money Trading Livestock.307
Holy Cow! How to Invest in Cattle.308
Live cattle.309
Feeder cattle.310
Lean and Mean: Checking Out Lean Hogs.311
You Want Bacon with That? How to Trade Frozen Pork Bellies.312
Part VI: The Part of Tens.315
Chapter 22: Top Ten Ways to Invest in Commodities.317
Futures Commission Merchant.317
Commodity Trading Advisor.318
Commodity Pool Operator.318
Integrated Commodity Companies.318
Specialized Commodity Companies.318
Master Limited Partnerships.319
Exchange Traded Funds.319
Commodity Mutual Funds.319
Commodity Indexes.320
Emerging Market Funds.320
Chapter 23: Top Ten Market Indicators You Should Monitor.321
Consumer Price Index.321
EIA Inventory Reports.322
Federal Funds Rate.322
Gross Domestic Product.322
London Gold Fix.323
Non-farm Payrolls.323
Purchasing Managers Index.324
Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index.324
US Dollar.324
WTI Crude Oil.324
Commodities For Dummies
Chapter 24: Ten or So Resources You Can't Do Without.327
The Wall Street Journal.327
Bloomberg.328
Commodities-Investor.com.328
Nightly Business Report.328
Morningstar.329
Yahoo! Finance.329
Commodity Futures Trading Commission.329
The Energy Information Administration.329
Stocks and Commodities Magazine.330
Oil Gas Journal.330
National Futures Association.330
Part Vlh The Appendix.331
Appendix: Glossary of Technical Terms.333
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