Coffee

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Coffee Growers in Vietnam Curb Sales as Production Drops
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-0 ... drops.html

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Coffee prices fall nearly 15% in two months

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Coffee prices are down 17% in 2015.

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This Commodity Is Setting Up for a Double-Digit Rally By Jeff Clark

Coffee is gearing up for a comeback.

After giving us a couple of good trades last year – which produced quick gains of 70% and 24% – the price of coffee collapsed. It's down almost 40% from its peak in October.

But we now have a great opportunity to buy back into the trade in anticipation of another rally.

Let me explain…

In January 2014, I called coffee the "trade of the year." After falling 67% in three years, there wasn't a lot of downside risk left, and there was plenty of upside potential. Traders who took my advice to buy made 70% gains when we sold in March.

In June, coffee looked set to rally again. Prices had pulled back and the chart looked poised for a breakout. So I recommended another coffee trade. In October, we locked in 24% profits.

Since then, coffee prices have fallen. At today's price of around $1.35 per pound, coffee is trading almost 40% below its peak in October and at about the same price it traded at just as the rally kicked off last year.

But now, another rally is setting up. Take a look at this chart…

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Coffee has spent the past two months chopping back and forth between support at about $1.30 and resistance around $1.45. This consolidation period has provided enough time for the 50-day moving average (DMA) line (the red line) to drop down closer to coffee's current price. Now, on the next move higher, coffee has a chance to take out the resistance line at $1.45 AND rally back above its 50-DMA.

That sort of action should be enough to kick off a new rally phase for the price of coffee.

The 50-DMA has provided resistance ever since the price of coffee broke below the line last October. A move back above the line should signal the start of the move up to the next resistance level near $1.70. That's a 26% gain from Friday's closing price.

Aggressive traders can buy coffee at around $1.35 per pound with a stop loss just below the March lows. If coffee can't hold that support line, it will eliminate the potential for an immediate rally, and there will be no reason to stay in the trade. Traders can exit for a small loss.

But if coffee can rally from here and get back above its 50-DMA, it will be poised for another fast move higher.


Source: Growth Stock Wire

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More great news for coffee drinkers by Dr. David Eifrig

Your morning cup of joe has surprising benefits… According to a new report from the World Cancer Research Fund, drinking just one cup of coffee per day reduces your risk of developing liver cancer.

In the U.S., 35,660 people receive a liver-cancer diagnosis each year. The disease kills about 24,550 people each year, according to the American Cancer Society. Every year, the WCRF examines all current liver-cancer research and publishes its final report on the findings.

This year marks the first time that coffee has made an appearance in the report. Although the mechanism of action is unclear, coffee reduces inflammation and protects against heart disease. It also reduces dementia risk.

As I’ve written before, even your mortality risk drops with just two to three cups of coffee per day. So do what I do and enjoy your morning cups of medicine. Your brain – and your liver – will thank you.


Source: Retirement Millionaire

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Coffee prices head lower… down 22% in 2015.

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Saving coffee from extinction
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32736366

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4 Reasons to Have Another Cup of Coffee

By Clare Collins

Source: Epoch Times

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1368328 ... ampaign=10

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This is One of the Worst Times of Day to Drink Coffee

Every so often, science disproves the thinking behind a deeply embedded habit we have. The latest: drinking coffee in the morning.

It turns out, the morning is actually one of the worst times of the day to drink coffee, according to YouTube science channel ASAP Science. The reason? The high levels of cortisol in our bodies early in the morning.

You see, consuming caffeine when cortisol levels are high creates two problems. One is that caffeine interferes with the body’s production of cortisol, a hormone that’s released in response to stress and low blood glucose. The body ends up producing less cortisol, and relying more on caffeine to compensate.

The other effect of drinking coffee in the morning is well-known to habitual morning drinkers: It increases the person’s tolerance to caffeine because it replaces the natural cortisol-induced boost instead of adding to it.

Bear in mind that cortisol levels are high at three times of the day, not just early in the morning, according to a 2009 study. So what's the best time to drink coffee? Here's what the experts are saying

Source: TIME

http://time.com/tag/coffee/

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5 Absolute Worst Things You Can Add To Your Coffee

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/health/nutriti ... lsignoutmd