Index Investing Is The Best Way For Most People

Topics: Index investing versus active management;

Related exchange traded funds: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM), PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (DBA), SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA)

Ways To Invest In Agriculture: Stock Picking

Topics: Ways to invest in agriculture, stock picking in agriculture stocks;

More Bullish on Agriculture Than Anything

Topics: Investing in agriculture, farmland, agriculture oriented countries;

Related trading instruments: PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund(NYSEARCA:DBA), iPath Bloomberg Livestock Total Return Sub-Index ETN(NYSEARCA:COW), Potash (POT), Mosaic (MOS), Deere (DE);

Crude Oil: All Major Oil Fields Are In Decline

All the major oil fields in the world are in decline, except the shale boom in the United States. Bur everything else has declining reserves. And we are not replacing still those fields where else.

Related stocks: Exxon Mobil (COM), ConocoPhillips (COP), Marathon Oil (MRO), Diamond Offshore Drilling (DO), Halliburton (HAL)

Related exchange traded funds: Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE),  United States Oil Fund LP ETF (USO)

Geopolitical: South China Sea Military Moves

China historically has not been a very aggressive nation. There are very few international wars, even when they were great sailors, they did not go over and claim colonies, or go to war with the places they visited. So, historically, China has not been a nation that had international wars.

They have slaughtered each other, they have had civil wars, but they had internal wars at times, but they have not been very aggressive on the international scene.

Yes, I see what is happening in the South China sea now, I do not really know who is right or who is wrong here, they all claim that, "You are wrong!",  "You are wrong!". It seems a little absurd that anybody is ranging over a few rocks in the middle of the ocean.

The World Needs An Alternative To Fiat Currencies

We need something to get rid of the fiat currency, we need to produce something to discipline politicians. Unfortunately nobody has ever come up with a successful method yet.

Related trading instruments: EURUSD forex cross, USDJPY forex cross, USDCAD forex cross, AUDUSD forex cross;

Crypto Currencies: Governments Will Figure A Way To Make Them Unsuccessful

As far as crypto currencies I don`t know. I know the theory and I don`t know why they would not work. My suspicion is that if they work, and they seem to be working, the governments are going to get very agitated because the governments like to have monopolies on money and they will do something to make them illegal or tax them. They will figure out some way to make crypto currencies not successful.