Barron's: Coffee Is About to Be a Hot Commodity. How to Play a Brief Rally.

By SIMON CONSTABLE

It’s time to pour a drop of joe into your portfolio. A recent tumble in coffee bean prices will likely reverse shortly, prompting possible gains of as much as 25% over the coming weeks. 

The issue is that the downdraft, caused by collapsing Vietnamese currency, plus an overly optimistic outlook for Brazil’s crop, has gone too far. Read more here.

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CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor: #Commodities -- Diesel in short supply as the softs stabilize. Barron's, WSJ, Forbes

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Chulmleigh : Diesel Pump by Lewis Clarke, 

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The Hartford: The Future of Insurance: How AI & Machine Learning Are Shaping Underwriting & Claims

By SIMON CONSTABLE 

Humans in underwriting and claims have embraced their AI and machine learning counterparts with open arms – here’s why. Read more here.

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CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor: #Commodities, Moderating with the European Climate.

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WSJ: November 1972, Dow Closes Above 1000 for the First Time

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CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor: #MrMarket Natural gas, oil and wheat stabilize in a mild start to European heating season.Occitane.

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Forbes: Gold Investors Go On Strike — Lowest Purchases In Almost 2 Decades

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Investors have gone cold on gold.

They are shunning purchases of the yellow metal like it’s gone out of fashion, new research shows. Read more here.

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