Time To Invest In Milk?
Here’s an interesting snippet from the International Herald Tribune about why milk prices have doubled in the past 2 years.
Driven by a combination of climate change, trade policies and competition for cattle feed from biofuel producers, global milk prices have doubled over the past two years. In parts of the United States, milk is more expensive than gasoline. There are reports of cows being stolen on Wisconsin dairy farms.
“There’s a world shortage of milk,” said Philip Goode, manager of international policy at Dairy Australia in Canberra.
But the biggest force driving up milk prices is the same one that has driven up prices for conventional commodities like iron ore and copper: a roaring global economy. Rising incomes, from China and India to Latin America and the Middle East, are lifting millions of people out of poverty and into the middle class.
It turns out that, along with zippy cars and flat-panel TVs, milk is the mark of new money, a significant source of protein that factors into much of any affluent person’s diet. Milk goes into infant formulas, chocolates, ice cream and cheese. Most baked goods contain butter, and coffee chains like Starbucks sell more milk than coffee.
Any idea on how to profit from this? Maybe buy shares of American Dairy Inc.
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November 21st, 2007 at 6:49 am
Because of trading and holding costs, it’s tough to turn investments in commodities into income that you can live on. To the extent that you can use the trends to reduce your future cost of living (by buying stuff you’re going to use before the price goes up), you can get all the advantages of buying stuff and then selling it when the price goes up, with the added advantage that you don’t need to pay taxes on the profits.
I wrote about it here:
http://www.wisebread.com/huge-tax-free-investment-returns