| From Thestreet.com: Commodities have been the story of 2010, having been much more robust than any other capital market this year. Oil is up a relatively weak 22%, a paltry move in comparison to metals like copper, up more than 30%, or silver, up 70%. Soft commodities have shown even greater strength, with corn, wheat and coffee up around 50% for the year while cotton has nearly doubled in price.
What the heck is going on here? I've been following and trading commodities for most of my adult life and while I have seen moves like these in the past, this universal commodity boom, where virtually every commodity runs at once, is a brand new phenomenon..............................................Full Article: Source
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