Comments on: I Don’t View Commodities As Investments http://harvestingdollars.com/2009/10/11/i-dont-view-commodities-as-investments/ Plant Knowledge. Reap Financial Gain. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:51:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Gene at www.kitchentablenomics.com http://harvestingdollars.com/2009/10/11/i-dont-view-commodities-as-investments/comment-page-1/#comment-7566 Gene at www.kitchentablenomics.com Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:34:03 +0000 http://harvestingdollars.com/?p=1093#comment-7566 So, by your definition what is an "investment"? Have you excluded blue chips like General Motors, because you're speculating management won't run the enterprise into the ground? Or any other equity you are trying to buy lower than you intend to sell it for? That leaves fixed income stuff, which doesn't strike me as investing so much as savings. It's a puzzler. I'm not a commodities guy, though I covered those markets at The Wall Street Journal years ago. And I agree with you about homes not being investments either. I think of them as use assets - something you get immediate good out of, and maybe sell later without taking a loss. Keep writing, I always enjoy reading. So, by your definition what is an “investment”? Have you excluded blue chips like General Motors, because you’re speculating management won’t run the enterprise into the ground? Or any other equity you are trying to buy lower than you intend to sell it for? That leaves fixed income stuff, which doesn’t strike me as investing so much as savings. It’s a puzzler.

I’m not a commodities guy, though I covered those markets at The Wall Street Journal years ago. And I agree with you about homes not being investments either. I think of them as use assets – something you get immediate good out of, and maybe sell later without taking a loss.

Keep writing, I always enjoy reading.

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