| Commodities: As commodity prices become decoupled from equities, certain resources should again prove their worth as part of a diversified portfolio this year. After a lacklustre few years, commodities have had a short but strong run over the first few months of 2014.
Unfortunately, the recent bounce in the prices of selected resources probably does not represent the start of another bull market for commodities, but rather reflects more idiosyncratic influences on the supply-and-demand outlook for individual commodity groups. Broadly, commodities are unlikely to make up for past losses in 2014, although they should have a better year as the global economic outlook strengthens...............................................Full Article: Source
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