(...) You'd probably have to explain to me the difference... Is it that stocks are paper shares of ownership in a company, whereas commodities are trading actual physical items? I was going to put commodities, but only because it sounded better :] (...) (24 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
(...) That is the distinction I made. Commodities eventually get delivered and converted into something else. ++Lar (24 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
(...) Basically - Think of gold or wheat or oil or cattle or ... The wheat and cattle will eventually be turned into a hamburgers and sold. You're an oil consumer when you fill up your gas tank. TLC would be the Opec of our world. Let's say I've got (...) (24 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.theory)