Corn Crash!

Discussion in 'Commodity Futures' started by simpleton, Jun 18, 2008.

  1. ess1096

    ess1096


    What I find funny is this. Most Americans can tell you the price of a gallon of gas. It's on the news now EVERY day!
    A few can even tell you the price of a barrel of oil within a few dollars. Most will know that the price of oil has doubled in the past year though.
    But ask any average American what the price of a bushel of corn is and how much it has gone up in the same time that oil has doubled.
    Point is, everyone is so distracted by the price of oil and gas that I don't think they have any idea how much they are affected by the price of corn.
    Ignorance is bliss.
     
    #121     Jun 30, 2008
  2. You are right but if corn starts to get to that height it will be on every news report in the world just as oil is now. The media will have a field day with it.
     
    #122     Jun 30, 2008
  3. Soybeans have further to go before it crashes too.
     
    #123     Jul 1, 2008
  4. Subdude

    Subdude

    "Crashes" is not the word I would use to describe a possible correction, especially after seeing today's USDA crop progress report.
     
    #124     Jul 1, 2008
  5. Every crash starts with a correction though. I just like the sound of the word. Totally off topic but have you noticed that on words to describe selling are so aggressive compared to buying? HIT, SMACK, BANG those bids, where as you merely LIFT the offer ever so gently.
     
    #125     Jul 1, 2008
  6. Subdude

    Subdude

    That's because bear rallies are usually short and brutal, especially to correct the uptrend.
     
    #126     Jul 1, 2008
  7. How about......cocoa, coffee, oats, sugar, etc.?
     
    #127     Jul 1, 2008
  8. Start a new thread.
     
    #128     Jul 1, 2008
  9. I would prefer to spend my time following trends...

    _ Cocoa Crash
    _ Oats Crash
    _ Coffee Crash
    _ Sugar Crash
    X Wachovia Crash

    :D
     
    #129     Jul 1, 2008
  10. :D :D :D Market Crash
     
    #130     Jul 1, 2008