Last September, everyone was running around screaming about how expensive oranges (and orange juice) had become. Well, folks, as with most assets, these kinds of run-ups are usually followed by even faster run-downs.

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Last September, everyone was running around screaming about how expensive oranges (and orange juice) had become. Well, folks, as with most assets, these kinds of run-ups are usually followed by even faster run-downs.
Silver has been climbing strongly, albeit awkwardly, higher for years at this point. What’s particularly interesting to me is how the volume of the PSLV ETF has been pulsing higher as well. My relationship with silver is, let’s say, complicated, but I’m still a bull and a booster!
I don’t look at commodity future that often, but this chart of coffee (/KC) caught my eye. Good Lord!
It’s astonishing how much you can chart here. Since the election was partly won on the notion that eggs were too expensive, I was curious……….do we have egg data? You bet your sweet chickens we do!