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title: "Smorgasbord"
url: https://independentstockanalysis.com/smorgasbord-8/
description: "Commodity boom over? “…over the past decade, commodity prices grew at an annualised rate of approximately 9%, but 200 years of history suggests that this…"
published: 2012-07-28
updated: 2012-07-28
---

# Smorgasbord

Published 2012-07-28

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J.J. Butler

Commodity boom over? “…over the past decade, commodity prices grew at an annualised rate of approximately 9%, but 200 years of history suggests that this frantic growth rate is likely to moderate…” [Financial Sense](http://www.financialsense.com/contributors/puru-saxena/commodities-is-the-boom-over)

Understanding value investing: Loews Chairman and CEO Jim Tisch [speech](http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/null/CIER?exclusive=filemgr.download&file_id=645714&showthumb=0). The well capitalized and patient take from the leveraged. [ChessNwine](http://ibankcoin.com/chessnwine/2012/07/27/stocks-that-put-you-to-the-test-reprise/)

About balance sheets and write-downs: [Value Plays](http://www.valueplays.net/2012/07/26/when-will-salesforce-write-down-goodwill/).

A brief introduction into Behavioral Economics: [Ritholtz](http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/07/behavioral-economics-neuro-finance-faulty-financial-decision-making/).

Uranium Sector Catalysts: [AMP 2012](http://amp2012.com/2012/07/27/uranium-sector-catalysts-new-analysts-report/).

The 10-year Treasury yield: [Chart of the Day](http://www.chartoftheday.com/20120727.htm?T).

Interactive chart on Olympic participation: [Economist](http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2012/07/daily-chart-olympics).