Thursday, January 3, 2008

If Soy Is Expensive, Why Does Goldman Say Nevermind?

(Bloomberg) - Selling soybeans at their highest prices in three decades and corn while it flirts with the 1996 peak is a money-losing trade, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG. Corn at $4.55 a bushel is ``cheap,'' Frankfurt-based Deutsche Bank says.

Goldman Sachs in New York expects soybeans to rise 29 percent in 2008, the best investment in commodities. Investors who followed the banks' advice and bought raw materials last year profited as the Standard & Poor's GSCI Index advanced 33 percent, beating the 3.5 percent gain in the S&P 500 Index and the 9.1 percent return from U.S. Treasuries, according to data compiled by Merrill Lynch & Co.

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