16.12.2013 - 2014: Battleground year for stocks vs. commodities
U.S. equities outperformed commodities this year by a long shot, but commodities have a good chance to regain investor favor in 2014 after three consecutive years of declines. “Something has got to give in 2014,” said Phil Flynn, senior market analyst at the Price Futures Group in Chicago. As the investing game draws to an end for the year, the near final score is: commodities down roughly 9%, based on the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index. The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return Exchange-Traded Note DJP +0.05% has lost 10% year to date. The S&P 500 Index, on the other hand, has surged 25%, on track for its best year since 2003...............................................Full Article: Source
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