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Post by jeffolie on Feb 18, 2009 16:52:18 GMT -6
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Post by graybeard on Feb 18, 2009 17:34:19 GMT -6
Gold and silver continue to climb from their Septober lows.
GB
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Post by jeffolie on Feb 18, 2009 19:29:45 GMT -6
Gold and Silver are barely industrial commodities. They stand alone amongst the other commodities as safe havens against governmental folly.
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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Feb 18, 2009 20:06:50 GMT -6
Gold and Silver are barely industrial commodities. They stand alone amongst the other commodities as safe havens against governmental folly. Exactly. It's interesting to notice that the basic commodity prices of for oil and many foods continue to fall, while food prices overall continue to rise. Cattle prices have dropped over -5% in the last year. Corn and Soybeans have fallen over -30% in the last year. Wheat prices have fallen -50% in the last year. Have any of the related food prices dropped ANY? Is bread 1/2 the price it was a year ago? Are beef prices falling? Have Soybean prices dropped? I know Corn prices haven't gone down any, because I buy it regularly myself. In fact, corn prices are on the rise, despite the declining commodity price. Oil prices are down -65% over the last year. Are gas prices down -65%?? markets.iht.com/research/commodities/overview/commodities.asp
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Post by nomad943 on Feb 19, 2009 7:34:32 GMT -6
lol .... $3.80 for a loaf of Nissan white bread. I generaly dont pay attention to individual grocery prices but just lament that the total checkout bill goes up weekly despite always buying the same things. Last week my wife was bored and started reading the checkout slip and saw that we paid 3.80 for a loaf of white flipping bread. WTF
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Post by graybeard on Feb 19, 2009 9:20:54 GMT -6
For those of you on either coast, we find Trader Joe's has better products at better prices. We just tried the new Fresh n Easy from the biggest chain in the UK, and we think they are overpriced, with loss leaders, ala Ralph/Kroger.
TJ breads probably average $2.50 for a 24 oz loaf. We do our major food shopping at TJ, and cleaning supplies, etc., at Stater, a SoCalif grocer that doesn't play any gotcha' games either.
Look at your grocery bill, and see how much it reveals about your lifestyle. Anytime you use anything other than green cash at the grocery store, your privacy is surrendered to Commercial Big Brother, and it's recorded. That's how those loyalty/discount cards got started. Neither TJ nor Stater uses those.
GB
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Post by unlawflcombatnt on May 3, 2010 1:34:07 GMT -6
....It's interesting to notice that the basic commodity prices of for oil and many foods continue to fall, while food prices overall continue to rise. Cattle prices have dropped over -5% in the last year. Corn and Soybeans have fallen over -30% in the last year. Wheat prices have fallen -50% in the last year. Have any of the related food prices dropped ANY? Is bread 1/2 the price it was a year ago? Are beef prices falling? Have Soybean prices dropped? I know Corn prices haven't gone down any, because I buy it regularly myself. In fact, corn prices are on the rise, despite the declining commodity price. Oil prices are down -65% over the last year. Are gas prices down -65%?? markets.iht.com/research/commodities/overview/commodities.aspThe above link to IHT is officially broken. Apparently the International Herald Tribune has either changed the link, or stopped posting the information altogether. It's no surprise that they would stop publishing the information. Doing so works against the interests of IHT's Corporate sponsors--by showing that rising prices were not the result of increased commodity costs. Rather, they were the result of an increased profit-share of the final retail price.
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