| From Ninemsn.com.au: Global commodity markets have continued to perform far better than most would have dared to hope, starting to rise in the second quarter of last year on the back of Chinese stockpiling and then continuing the advance into the new calendar year on an increasing expectation of economic recovery, a declining US dollar, supply concerns and growing interest in commodities as an asset class and a hedge.
Yet so far the steady recovery has been without any real increases in physical demand........................................Full Article: Source |