06.05.2014 - 2014: Year of Commodities (May)
Thus far in 2014, April ended on schedule and May arrived as expected. Well-placed sources, wishing to remain anonymous as they are not at liberty to speak on the matter, suggest that June will also arrive on time. That seems to sum up the only accurate components of the consensus forecast for 2014. As the chart below portrays, just about everything else continues to do the opposite of what was generally expected by the popular seers on the future. n the above chart are plotted year-to-date returns for several investment measures. Bars on the left, the ones continuing to show significant positive returns, represent the three components of the commodity sector. To the right, using red bars, are what would be commonly referred to as underperforming groups...............................................Full Article: Source
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