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Warren Buffett Is Still Riding the Rails

As evidence of a bullish long-term outlook for railroads, Warren Buffet's Berskshire recently increased its stake in Burlington Northern (BNI) and the CEO of Kansas City Southern (KSU), Michael Haverty, appeared on Larry Kudlow's show on CNBC Thursday evening, stating that rail transport was showing continued strength in the transport of coal, chemicals, and grains with weakness in the transport of consumer goods and housing related commodities. Berkshire paid $79.65 each to add 825,000 shares of BNI, upping its stake in

"Investing in China is about picking the right segments of the economy and the companies that will make it for the long haul," notes Neil George.

In Personal Finance, the advisor explains, "Our strategy for investing involves sticking to a handful of core strategic areas, where we've picked a collection of stocks in key industries." Here, he looks at some favorite ideas.

"The Chinese economy is large, amounting to approximately $3.6 trillion annually, and it's expanding at a rate of 10%.

"Industrial production, the heart of the economy, is gaining at a rate of 16.3% a year and is keeping a tra

The PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund is based on the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index – Optimum Yield Agriculture Excess Return™ and managed by DB Commodity Services LLC. The Index is a rules-based index composed of futures contracts on some of the most liquid and widely traded agricultural commodities – corn, wheat, soy beans and sugar. The index is intended to reflect the performance of the agricultural sector.

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"Some 20,000 or more million-dollar block trades are made each day," says Peter Way in Block Traders ETF Monitor, which assesses the activity of these trades. Here's some current top "big block" bets.

"Since it's these big dollar pressures that move markets, we want to know what they are likely to do next. Our analysis determines what the pros' expectations are for the coming prices of stocks, from the way
they protect investments they have or are making.

"Based on our proprietar

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"Powershares DB Agriculture Fund (ASE: DBA) is a new addition to the capital gains portfolio at TheMoneyMan.com Market Newsletter. Here the latest by BizRadio host Daniel Frishberg.

"An area of the market that hasn't been affected by the economic slowdown and isn't correlated with the equities has been the commodity markets. Global demand for commodities has continued to increase.

"This has lead to record highs for most commodities, including soft commodities. We expect this to continue. There are several re

The majority of central banks fear inflation.

It's not contained, while Bank of England and the Fed reduce rates, and other currencies continue to find it challenging to keep prices down, while maintaining a meaningful level of economic growth.  This challenging environment to stifle prices, and bolster growth bodes well for commodities.