Tip Top Commodities: 12 Natural Resources by Country [Pic]
There are stocks and bonds, options trades and commodities markets, but people sometimes focus a bit too much on the former more mainstream aspects of investing and less than they should on the latter sets – a commodity can lie semi-secret in some big-picture, stock-and-bond views, then tip the market at a critical time. Skip gross domestic product and national debt questions for a moment and remember this: at the heart of many economies lie a set of natural resources that have intrinsic and long-term value, playing a vital role in their market viability both now and in the future.
Mint Resource Map via Mint dot com
Will China and Brazil eat up their own vast resources, or become power-house, next-generation exporters? Will the new and more dangerous forms of Wheat Rust erode economies reliant on the product of that stable? To what extent will water (and access to it) shape the financial and political futures of both developing nations and super powers? These are questions well worth asking, since your investments may seem global but are effected by local factors as well – some of which are subtly but powerfully relevant, including natural resources.
Very interesting article – especially the graphic