The Economics of Ebola - What chocolate, diamonds and vaccines have in common

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This article way below caught my eye because I'm a Haagen-Daz chocolate ice cream junkie. What made me want to post this was towards the end of the article where they discuss the effect Ebola is having on the price of Cocoa Futures - yet another money maker for some:

"The market is worried, too. Prices on cocoa futures jumped from their normal trading range of $2,000 to $2,700 per ton, to as high as $3,400 in September over concerns about the spread of Ebola to Côte D’Ivoire, noted Jack Scoville, an analyst and vice president at the Chicago-based Price Futures Group. Since then, prices have yo-yoed down to $3,030 and then back to $3,155 in the past couple of weeks.

Cocoa futures are traded at NYSE Euronext (Euronext) and New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX).

My point is that there are ridiculous amounts of money made during disasters, especially by those who have created the disaster for profit (and control). Understanding this is important for getting the big picture on the Ebola scare and other manufactured crises. My God, they're trading in weather derivatives on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (while manipulating the weather via Geoengineering). In California, a drought and record highs. I have seen a total of two blue skies in the past 2 weeks. The other days just greyish-yellowish haze preceded by the now typical white aerosol streaks. People are investing in the predictable outcome of this!

Click on this for some stunning "Weather Products" that are available to investors. Seriously incredible that this is legal, though hardly surprising:

CME GROUP WEATHER PRODUCTS

This all on top of the potential profitability of vaccines plus the gold and diamond mines in the African nations that have Ebola issues...the profitability of the War on Terror in the Middle East and the newer one coming to a neighborhood near you:

See Avalon thread on David Cameron's speech comparing "non-violent conspiracy theorists" to ISIS.

See Iron Price War Deepens Crisis in Ebola Stricken Sierra Leone

And touching commentary from the Washington Post on Ebola's effect on the Gold and Diamond mining business: "The Ebola outbreak is not just a human tragedy. It’s also an economic one."


Here's the original chocolate article:

Ebola is threatening much of the world’s chocolate supply.

Ivory Coast, the world’s largest producer of cacao, the raw ingredient in M&M’s, Butterfingers and Snickers Bars, has shut down its borders with Liberia and Guinea, putting a major crimp on the workforce needed to pick the beans that end up in chocolate bars and other treats just as the harvest season begins. The West African nation of about 20 million — also known as Côte D’Ivoire — has yet to experience a single case of Ebola, but the outbreak already could raise prices.

The world’s chocolate makers have taken notice.

The World Cocoa Foundation is working now to collect large donations from Nestlé, Mars and many of its 113 other members for its Coca Industry Response to Ebola Initiative. The initiative hasn’t been publicly unveiled, but the WCF plans to announce details Wednesday, during its annual meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, on how the money will fuel Red Cross and Caritas Internationalis work to help the infected and staunch Ebola’s spread.

Morristown, N.J.-based Transmar Group, an international cocoa supplier, already has pledged $100,000, and Mars has indicated its support, too.

“As a member of the WCF and a supporter of the CocoaAction strategy, Mars is pleased to see the industry coming together to help organizations on the ground in the prevention and eradication of the Ebola virus,” the company said in a statement provided to POLITICO. “We look forward to the WCF partnership meeting in Copenhagen next week where we will learn more about the industry effort.”

Ivory Coast, which produces about 1.6 million metric tons of cacao beans per year — roughly 33 percent of the world’s total, according to data from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization — closed its borders in August to Guinea and Liberia. More than 8,000 have been diagnosed with Ebola, and nearly 4,000 have died in those two countries and Sierra Leone. Next to Ivory Coast is Ghana, the world’s third-largest producer of cacao beans — 879,348 metric tons per year — or 15 percent of the world’s total.

Tim McCoy, a senior adviser for the WCF, said signs that Ivory Coast residents already are concerned were immediately obvious during his last trip to the country in September.

“Going into meetings where … you always shake hands and often times, with men and women, you do the cheek kiss thing … They weren’t doing that,” McCoy said.

The market is worried, too. Prices on cocoa futures jumped from their normal trading range of $2,000 to $2,700 per ton, to as high as $3,400 in September over concerns about the spread of Ebola to Côte D’Ivoire, noted Jack Scoville, an analyst and vice president at the Chicago-based Price Futures Group. Since then, prices have yo-yoed down to $3,030 and then back to $3,155 in the past couple of weeks.

Full article here:
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/1...ts-111809.html

p.s. I just overheard the local Bay Area news reporting on the nurse in Texas that came down with Ebola, "When tears come to her eyes, she's handed a tissue. She wipes her eyes and says, "I love you guys." to those on her team." The now somber anchor then goes on to say how her teary tissue is now contaminated with Ebola and must be disposed of through hazmat...

If I sound callous towards the nurse, I'm not. I am disgusted by how she is being used as a propaganda tool. I wonder if the the perps write off the cost of these scripts as a marketing expense?!

p.p.s. How the Globalists Are Raping Africa (and the Rest of the World, Too)

The US - African Leaders Summit (start video at 2:50) report from Truthstream News

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=-ae_QBz2zp0

Truthstream Media

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I'm thinking, wouldn't a Trading Places-like con on the con men be sweet?

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=1tmI867fAYU