Referring to the plants that have been idled, Eric Lee, a commodities expert at Citibank, said: "Is that going to be temporary or permanent?
Among this list you'll find growth investors, value investors short-sellers, commodity experts and international players.
According to commodity experts, an alternative to handle such components separately for functional recycling is practically limited.
The Ballengers are part of a growing class of travelers known as "investment cruisers," often wealthy retirees who spend their days at sea mostly below deck discussing serious subjects like mutual funds, bonds and commodities with financial experts.
The simple reason for the dip in commodities prices, these experts say, is that we have too much of a good thing: too much gold; a bumper crop of corn; a glut of iron ore because the big three producers, Rio Tinto, Vale and BHP Billiton have all increased output.
CBS have no more ownership of this election than No Age, but like sport and music, political opinion has become professionalised, changing it from something habitually universal into a rarefied commodity performed by experts and viewed by the rest of us.
Agriculture is already straining to keep up with demand, as reflected in today's high commodity prices, and many experts believe the situation will probably worsen.
Mr. Riley, a former commodities trader turned plant expert who went on to become assistant director of the Horticultural Society of New York, was eager to move beyond potted plants in a way that hadn't yet occurred to many others.
