Posted by: : Paul Ebeling Posted on: October 7, 2013

Jim Rogers, the Chinese-driven commodity boom is not over.

Savvy commodities analysts and participants including Jim Rogers have seen long-running Bull Markets stumble, falter and end, and some not so savvy folks try to predict their end, mostly missing the call.  Instead of ending, the Bull Markets turned into a frenzy that finished in a  bubble.

I havent seen the frenzy yet, say Mr. Rogers, who correctly predicted this Chinese-driven a commodities boom. Ive been around markets long enough to know that when everybodys on one side  of the boat, its probably not the right side to be on.

I dont see  enough supply having come on stream in most commodities to end the Bull Market,  Mr. Rogers says. Agriculture inventories are near historical lows because  the world has consumed more than it grows for a decade now. Many minerals  companies have canceled capital spending programs because they, too, have heard  from Wall Street that the boom is over.

Mr. Rogers likes raw Sugar and Nat Gas because their prices are depressed in here. While Sugar has been up the  past few years, its still down 75% from its all-time high.

Regarding Nat Gas, he notes, Many drillers have had to reduce their  reserve estimates, and we are finding that production declines very quickly in   shale Gas wells. When I see a company like Shell taking a $2-B  write-down on its shale Gas assets, I take that seriously.

Mr. Rogers believes  were going to have huge problems with agriculture and food in the next  decade. One way to take advantage of this problem would be to invest in  farmland, agricultural commodity indexes and stocks of seed and fertilizer  companies.

Expecting the Bull Market in commodities to last, Mr. Rogers works in Singapore in order to be closer to China.

China has been  trying to slow its economy for quite some time now. Theyve had an inflation  problem. Theyve had a real estate bubble. But I know. that something  positive is going on in China and has been for a while. They are growing, they  have a high savings rate, they have a high rate of investment, and they have  huge international reserves, he says.

The last time I bought  Chinese stocks in a big way was November 2008. If and when there is a panic, I  hope I am smart enough to buy again. My Chinese shares are not for sale. That  does not apply to anything else I invest in, Mr. Rogers notes.  China is the Key to supporting commodity prices, especially Gold .

Chinese demand for the precious Yellow metal has prevented Gold   prices from falling. Its Gold imports have almost doubled this year, and the  country is on track to become the largest, producer, consumer and  importer of Gold , overtaking India as the #1 consumer.

I dont think we fully  understand the size and the appetite of the Chinese market and its implications  for the global price, Jeremy East, global head of metals trading at Standard  Chartered (LO:STAN) said at the London Bullion Market Associations conference in Rome.

The Big Q: were would the Gold price be if  China had not come in and taken it up?

The Big A: without Chinas participation Gold may have tested its big support mark at 960/1,050

Investors should be aware that some big Gold holding may be reduced if the US Federal Reserve pares its economic stimulus effort (QE-3). If and when that happens, Chinese demand  may not be able to support Gold prices further.

The problem is that much of the  demand from China is related to the fall in Golds price.

Like the central bank purchases Chinas consumers have helped establish a higher floor but they will not on their own drive  Gold back up on a sustained basis. Stay tuned