| Being a commodities investor is a volatile game; in recent years the ride has been as bumpy as those three magi’s camelback trek doubtless was. In the decade to 2007 commodities benefitted from a fantastic bull run, fuelled by emerging market demand. Private investors clambered to get a piece of the action, buying up commodity ETFs and natural resources funds from the likes of JP Morgan and BlackRock.
But the tables turned when the global recession forced construction to halt across the emerging world. The S&P Goldman Sachs Commodities Index fell 70% in 2008, bottoming out in February 2009 and moving sideways until June this year, when significant falls in the oil price sent the entire index plummeting...............................................Full Article: Source
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