Buying into commodities such as American grain?

Question

The price of food is high and perhaps its going to go higher. How do I invest in this market?

Name a share on the London market

Answer 1

Well you have quite a few options, mainly you could take position in soft commodities. To do so you would need a financial spread betting or cfds account. Check out http://www.independentinvestor.co.uk for comprehensive comparison tool, they compare loads of accounts. Select one of the cheast accounts and off you go with you softs.

Good luck, remember as long as prices go up, you're doing great, unfortunately, it's not guaranteed.

Answer 2

Coco pops!

Answer 3

You can buy an ETF. There is one in Agriculture which might be interesting. (AIGA.L)

There are some lists of ETFs on http://www.shareworld.co.uk or contact me there.