Comments on: What the forgotten food crisis means for your investment http://www.investoralist.com/invest-in-agriculture-food-crisis/ where curious minds meet Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: OneMint - Economy and Your Finances - March 8, 2009 | OneMint http://www.investoralist.com/invest-in-agriculture-food-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-15 OneMint - Economy and Your Finances - March 8, 2009 | OneMint Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:24:14 +0000 http://www.investoralist.com/?p=393#comment-15 [...] presents What the forgotten food crisis means for your investment posted at [...] [...] presents What the forgotten food crisis means for your investment posted at [...]

]]> By: Interesting Reads - 7th March | OneMint http://www.investoralist.com/invest-in-agriculture-food-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Interesting Reads - 7th March | OneMint Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:02:22 +0000 http://www.investoralist.com/?p=393#comment-13 [...] 2. What the Forgotten Food Crisis Means for You by Investoralist: The food crisis was in the headlines about an year ago and is quite likely it will be the next big thing after we deal with the current crisis. [...] [...] 2. What the Forgotten Food Crisis Means for You by Investoralist: The food crisis was in the headlines about an year ago and is quite likely it will be the next big thing after we deal with the current crisis. [...]

]]> By: Dana http://www.investoralist.com/invest-in-agriculture-food-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Dana Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:48:33 +0000 http://www.investoralist.com/?p=393#comment-4 Hi Manshu, Thanks for the compliment, glad you like it :) As to investing in agriculture, there are various ways of doing it. Depending on where you are located geographically and what your risk tolerance is, you can buy stocks directly, invest in a mutual fund, or invest in country indexes. I'm not here to dispense specific investment advice of course, but you can always look at large agricultural stocks such as Monsanto, Potash, and Mosaic and see if you like how they look. Alternatively, most large fund companies have classes of agricultural funds that may spread your risk a bit further. Or, if you like the agricultural story but don't want to take either route described above, then you can go a different route by perhaps investing in agriculture-heavy country indexes. Countries such as Canada, Australia have quite a bit of agriculture stocks weighing their indexes. But then of course you run the risk of other parts of the index not performing. I know in Canada the index is also heavily weighted towards oil and other industrial commodities. Hi Manshu,

Thanks for the compliment, glad you like it :)

As to investing in agriculture, there are various ways of doing it. Depending on where you are located geographically and what your risk tolerance is, you can buy stocks directly, invest in a mutual fund, or invest in country indexes. I’m not here to dispense specific investment advice of course, but you can always look at large agricultural stocks such as Monsanto, Potash, and Mosaic and see if you like how they look. Alternatively, most large fund companies have classes of agricultural funds that may spread your risk a bit further. Or, if you like the agricultural story but don’t want to take either route described above, then you can go a different route by perhaps investing in agriculture-heavy country indexes. Countries such as Canada, Australia have quite a bit of agriculture stocks weighing their indexes. But then of course you run the risk of other parts of the index not performing. I know in Canada the index is also heavily weighted towards oil and other industrial commodities.

]]> By: Dana http://www.investoralist.com/invest-in-agriculture-food-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-2796 Dana Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:48:00 +0000 http://www.investoralist.com/?p=393#comment-2796 Hi Manshu, Thanks for the compliment, glad you like it :) As to investing in agriculture, there are various ways of doing it. Depending on where you are located geographically and what your risk tolerance is, you can buy stocks directly, invest in a mutual fund, or invest in country indexes. I'm not here to dispense specific investment advice of course, but you can always look at large agricultural stocks such as Monsanto, Potash, and Mosaic and see if you like how they look. Alternatively, most large fund companies have classes of agricultural funds that may spread your risk a bit further. Or, if you like the agricultural story but don't want to take either route described above, then you can go a different route by perhaps investing in agriculture-heavy country indexes. Countries such as Canada, Australia have quite a bit of agriculture stocks weighing their indexes. But then of course you run the risk of other parts of the index not performing. I know in Canada the index is also heavily weighted towards oil and other industrial commodities. Hi Manshu,

Thanks for the compliment, glad you like it :)

As to investing in agriculture, there are various ways of doing it. Depending on where you are located geographically and what your risk tolerance is, you can buy stocks directly, invest in a mutual fund, or invest in country indexes. I’m not here to dispense specific investment advice of course, but you can always look at large agricultural stocks such as Monsanto, Potash, and Mosaic and see if you like how they look. Alternatively, most large fund companies have classes of agricultural funds that may spread your risk a bit further. Or, if you like the agricultural story but don’t want to take either route described above, then you can go a different route by perhaps investing in agriculture-heavy country indexes. Countries such as Canada, Australia have quite a bit of agriculture stocks weighing their indexes. But then of course you run the risk of other parts of the index not performing. I know in Canada the index is also heavily weighted towards oil and other industrial commodities.

]]> By: Manshu http://www.investoralist.com/invest-in-agriculture-food-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Manshu Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:39:08 +0000 http://www.investoralist.com/?p=393#comment-3 I think commodities in general will do well and agricultural commodities in particular should do exceptionally well. Can you share some thoughts on the different ways in which one can invest in agriculture? Very nice picture btw. I think commodities in general will do well and agricultural commodities in particular should do exceptionally well. Can you share some thoughts on the different ways in which one can invest in agriculture?

Very nice picture btw.

]]> By: Manshu http://www.investoralist.com/invest-in-agriculture-food-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-2795 Manshu Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:39:00 +0000 http://www.investoralist.com/?p=393#comment-2795 I think commodities in general will do well and agricultural commodities in particular should do exceptionally well. Can you share some thoughts on the different ways in which one can invest in agriculture? Very nice picture btw. I think commodities in general will do well and agricultural commodities in particular should do exceptionally well. Can you share some thoughts on the different ways in which one can invest in agriculture?

Very nice picture btw.

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