Comments on: Corn Planting to Decrease This Year, Helping Agriculture ETF http://www.etftrends.com/2008/03/corn-isnt-about.html Keeping a grip on exchange traded funds (ETFs) Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:28:06 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Tom Lydon http://www.etftrends.com/2008/03/corn-isnt-about.html/comment-page-1/#comment-828 Tom Lydon Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:41:04 +0000 http://etftrends.com.s14057.gridserver.com/2008/03/corn-planting-to-decrease-this-year-helping-agriculture-etf.html#comment-828 Hi Richard, We've taken into account trading volume and assets held when it comes to DBA and MOO (JJG has $101 million; DBA and MOO have $2.7 and $1.5 billion). JJG and other agriculture funds are still viable opportunities for investors, though! As for perceptions affecting MOO, anything is possible. We report what's happening in the news because sooner or later, those events could have an effect on ETFs, positive or negative. But one can never predict for certain. Thanks for reading! Hi Richard,

We’ve taken into account trading volume and assets held when it comes to DBA and MOO (JJG has $101 million; DBA and MOO have $2.7 and $1.5 billion). JJG and other agriculture funds are still viable opportunities for investors, though!

As for perceptions affecting MOO, anything is possible. We report what’s happening in the news because sooner or later, those events could have an effect on ETFs, positive or negative. But one can never predict for certain.

Thanks for reading!

]]> By: R Richard Schweitzer http://www.etftrends.com/2008/03/corn-isnt-about.html/comment-page-1/#comment-827 R Richard Schweitzer Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:23:54 +0000 http://etftrends.com.s14057.gridserver.com/2008/03/corn-planting-to-decrease-this-year-helping-agriculture-etf.html#comment-827 Do you suspect that perceptions from USDA projections of U S corn planting will hit MOO (MO for hybrids and DE for harvesters)? Remember Keynes dicta: The trick in betting on "beauty contests" (aphorism for speculation) is not picking the one you find most beautiful, but the one you think the judges will find most beautiful. That's sort of fitting for ETNs (and most ETFs). Do you suspect that perceptions from USDA projections of U S corn planting will hit MOO (MO for hybrids and DE for harvesters)?

Remember Keynes dicta: The trick in betting on “beauty contests” (aphorism for speculation) is not picking the one you find most beautiful, but the one you think the judges will find most beautiful. That’s sort of fitting for ETNs (and most ETFs).

]]> By: R Richard Schweitzer http://www.etftrends.com/2008/03/corn-isnt-about.html/comment-page-1/#comment-826 R Richard Schweitzer Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:17:16 +0000 http://etftrends.com.s14057.gridserver.com/2008/03/corn-planting-to-decrease-this-year-helping-agriculture-etf.html#comment-826 Why do you not cite JJG (because it's an ETN?), which is steady on subset grains from its momma JJA broad Ag? Why do you not cite JJG (because it’s an ETN?), which is steady on subset grains from its momma JJA broad Ag?

]]> By: Rich Lund http://www.etftrends.com/2008/03/corn-isnt-about.html/comment-page-1/#comment-825 Rich Lund Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:43:31 +0000 http://etftrends.com.s14057.gridserver.com/2008/03/corn-planting-to-decrease-this-year-helping-agriculture-etf.html#comment-825 I sold my positions in DBA today after the annual crop report. Yes, corn acreage is expected to fall, giving prices for corn a pop, but at the expense of both wheat & suybeans (wheat & soybean acreage is expected to increase). With this information coupled with wheat/soybean positions being @ 57% of DBA (vs. @ 15% in corn), now is not the time to be buying DBA; wait until the futures markets settles down after digesting this news. Next major support @ $34. I sold my positions in DBA today after the annual crop report. Yes, corn acreage is expected to fall, giving
prices for corn a pop, but at the expense of both wheat & suybeans (wheat & soybean acreage is expected to increase). With this information coupled with wheat/soybean positions being @ 57% of DBA (vs. @ 15% in corn), now is not the time to be buying DBA; wait until the futures markets settles down after digesting this news. Next major support @ $34.

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