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"There are many reasons to like the PowerShares DB Agriculture (NYSE: DBA), an exchange-traded fund that tracks agricultural commodity prices," says fund expert Doug Fabian.

In The ETF Trader, he explains, "We like the technical picture. In addition, we believe commodities are a great hedge against inflation.

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"I remain a devoted long-term soft commodities bull; the grains and other soft agricultural commodities remain one of the most long-term compelling investment trends of our lifetime," says Eric Roseman.

Warren Buffett Is Still Riding the Rails

"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%.

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.

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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.

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.