By SIMON CONSTABLE
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#FRANCE: Commodity prices moderate waiting for the EU Election. Simon Constable, Occitanie
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/uk-s-labour-says-sunak-lied-about-its-tax-plans-in-election-debate/ar-BB1nFugR_-_51Fi116_-_Fonds_Trutat.jpg)
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The growth in world trade has been nothing short of an economic savior since the end of WWII. As America reigned supreme, international trade grew from a mere 4.2 percent of world GDP in 1945 to 31 percent, reaching that peak first in 2008, and again in 2022 after retreating for a decade or so. This trade growth coincided with what economists expected: Over those many decades, increased trade lifted millions of people out of abject poverty and made some others rich. Unfortunately, those halcyon days seem to be ending—and quickly. Read more here.
By SIMON CONSTABLE
Get ready to put some wheat futures in your portfolio.
The reason is simple: It is a great hedge against geopolitical tumult.
Shawn Hackett, writing the Hackett Money Flow Commodity Report, which focuses on agriculture (Ag) puts it like so:
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By SIMON CONSTABLE
How much is your morning coffee going to cost you this year or next?
Likely a lot more than it did recently.
“The coffee market has a set up for all-time highs to be seen over the next crop cycle,” writes Shawn Hackett in the Hackett Money Flow Commodities Report, which focuses on agricultural products. Read more here.
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By SIMON CONSTABLE
For those working from home, new research finds increases in productivity, but mixed results for health and career. Read more here.
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#UK: Will Labour win back SNP voters in Scotland
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/05/28/sunak-my-daughters-are-excited-about-doing-national-service/
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