By Martin Hutchinson Contributing Editor With sky-high growth potential, China and India are the two markets no investor can afford to miss out on. But that doesn’t mean they’re impervious to market turbulence, and in times of trouble, India is the more reliable investment. No doubt, both countries’ markets are suffering this year, with China’s Shanghai A Index down 50%, and India’s Sensex Index down 25%.  It’s no secret that India is struggling with both a growing budget deficit and mounting inflationary pressure. But China has problems too – it’s just hiding them under the carpet until the Olympics are over. That’s why, for me at least, the investment decision is clear – I’ll buy the country whose problems are out in the open and already reflected in stock prices. China’s Pending Credit Crunch China’s inflation has been quiescent recently. It declined from 8.7% ...

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I’m long 5,000 bushels of corn in the futures market. I bought the contract at $6.22 (a bushel), near corn’s record high price.

Why? Because I’m expecting the price of corn to more than double in the next 18 months, to well over $12 a bushel. And I’ll be adding more corn to my portfolio when I see the next buy point.

I plan on buying soybean futures, too. Currently trading at just under $13 a bushel, I expect soybean prices to eventually climb to more than $25 a bushel, doubling in price.

And that’s just the beginning!

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