If Ag Stocks Do Keep Rallying...

By Chip Hanlon | August 22, 2008 | 6:47 AM | 2 Comments

...then expect consumer foods and livestock companies to keep pulling back a bit, as stocks like Tyson (NYSE: TSN), Pilgrim's Pride (NYSE: PPC), Kellogg (NYSE: K), etc have done in recent days. Actually, they've held up pretty well this week considering the rally we've seen in agricultural commodities prices and I think these types of names may now be the best way to play the theme of food inflation from here, but they should have a hard time making headway if ag stocks continue to bounce in the near-term. As I've touched on a few times recently, however, this group is attractive for a number of reasons so keep an eye on this pullback for a chance to buy consumer foods and livestock companies.

Shipping Index at ETFtrends

Seeing the post of our friend, Tom Lydon, in the GF featured section as I write this, I realize I'm remiss in linking to a story he did on the Delta Global Shipping Index. In my last post, I linked to a brief report CNBC did on the index, but I failed to link to Tom's earlier article on it until now. My bad. Most of you know of Tom's site, ETFtrends.com, but if you haven't visited it before-- you should!

Going for Gold

They did it! USA Men's volleyball upset Russia on Friday to advance to the gold medal game for the first time since 1988! This Russian team was the one that ours had not been able to solve over the last couple of years, but Team USA picked a beautiful time to get over the hump. Knowing coach Hugh McCutcheon, whose father-in-law was fatally stabbed at the beginning of these games on a sight-seeing trip in Beijing, I could not be happier for him and his team. Check out this interview with Hugh for a small glimpse of one of the nicest people you'd ever want to meet. The accent, you'll hear by the way, is from New Zealand... Hugh's a Kiwi.

And while I'm at it, why not link to another post-game interview with one of his players, Reid Priddy? I have to love it when someone gives a shout-out to the O.C., as he does at the end of this short interview!

Soooo hoping they can pull this off!

That poor man The lack of coverage on this coach's story has been remarkable. I don't understand it. Submitted by momof5 (not verified) on Fri, 2008/08/22 - 9:44am » reply |

good job calling for the good job calling for the potash rally. how far do you think commodities can rally. i love gold but even i have been scared by this move and did a little selling of gold i have held for many year. speaking of gold i do hope that vball team cna win gold that would be a great story Submitted by jsjgold on Fri, 2008/08/22 - 9:38am » reply |