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Our short-term bet on copper paid off: yesterday we sold the iPath DJ-UBS Copper TR Sub-Index ETN (JJC) September 38 call option for a strong gain. The position is now closed. Over the last week, hedge funds and other money managers posted their biggest increase in their net long gold… Read More

Sell to close the iPath DJ-UBS Copper TR Sub-Index ETN (JJC) September 38 call option at the market. In the last week, copper has rallied nicely, resulting in a nice gain for the JJC September 38 call option. We recommend selling and taking the profit now. There will be many… Read More

On Wednesday, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the decision-making arm of the U.S. Federal Reserve, concluded its latest policy-setting meeting and, as widely expected, reduced the size of its monthly debt purchases by another $10 billion. Beginning in July, the U.S. central bank will buy $15 billion in agency… Read More

Just as we expressed in last week’s update, even though the major averages are close to record highs, the market’s recent internal action has left something to be desired. A modest pullback in share prices can never be ruled out, as they can happen for absolutely no apparent reason, however,… Read More

One area in which we do see good near-term upside potential is copper. Yesterday we recommended the iPath DJ-UBS Copper TR Sub-Index ETN (JJC) September 38 call option; it’s a buy with limit order set at $1.00. A turn in copper prices should be good for NovaCopper (NCQ), too. The… Read More

Buy to open the iPath DJ-UBS Copper TR Sub-Index ETN (JJC) September 38 call option. Use a limit order to pay no more than $1.00 per contract. After coming under a bit of pressure since late May, which was accompanied by a spike in investor pessimism toward the metal,… Read More

Earlier this week, we again followed an investment firm specializing in small-cap stocks.  Our new portfolio member is a global leader in irrigation systems that helps to address two major problems that will worsen over time: food and water scarcity.  Some peer-reviewed studies estimate that crop yields must double over the next 30 years in order to provide sufficient food for the world's population. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, moreover, by 2050 the world will need food production to rise 70 percent from its current level. It’s a worrisome trend for this planet and its inhabitants but a potentially lucrative opportunity for companie (such as our new pick) that offer the technologies to increase food supply. Read More

We are buying an approximate 5 percent position in Lindsay Corporation (LNN). Today we are buying Lindsay Corporation (LNN), another small-cap stock we found among the holdings of the Atlanta-based Shapiro Capital Management—the other being GrafTech International (GTI), which has performed well for us. Shapiro is Lindsay’s largest institutional… Read More