{"id":11896,"date":"2011-01-06T15:09:41","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T20:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?p=11896"},"modified":"2011-01-06T15:09:41","modified_gmt":"2011-01-06T20:09:41","slug":"commodity-chartbook-record-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/06\/commodity-chartbook-record-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Commodity Chartbook &#8211; RECORD PRICES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Commodity prices have surged.<\/p>\n<p>There is clearly food inflation that is occurring all over the world.  Just this morning, Bloomberg ran a great piece on what is becoming a  real problem. From <!--more-->Bloomberg.com:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;World food prices rose to a record in December on higher sugar, grain and  oilseed costs, the United Nations said, exceeding levels reached in 2008 that  sparked deadly riots from Haiti to Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>An index of 55 food commodities tracked by the Food and  Agriculture Organization gained for a sixth month to 214.7 points, above the  previous all-time high of 213.5 in June 2008, the Rome-based UN agency said in a  monthly report. The gauges for sugar and meat prices advanced to records&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Take a look at the table on page 2 &#8211; quite the move for the foodstuffs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\n<a style=\"margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"View Commodities on Scribd\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/46424627\/Commodities\">Commodities<\/a> <object id=\"doc_321720438277460\" style=\"outline: none;\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"name\" value=\"doc_321720438277460\" \/><param name=\"data\" value=\"http:\/\/d1.scribdassets.com\/ScribdViewer.swf\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"opaque\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"document_id=46424627&amp;access_key=key-y0j0y7g0244n8u74loa&amp;page=1&amp;viewMode=slideshow\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/d1.scribdassets.com\/ScribdViewer.swf\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed id=\"doc_321720438277460\" style=\"outline: none;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/d1.scribdassets.com\/ScribdViewer.swf\" flashvars=\"document_id=46424627&amp;access_key=key-y0j0y7g0244n8u74loa&amp;page=1&amp;viewMode=slideshow\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" wmode=\"opaque\" data=\"http:\/\/d1.scribdassets.com\/ScribdViewer.swf\" name=\"doc_321720438277460\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commodity prices have surged. 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