| A few brave investors are betting the gloom oppressing global commodity markets is on the verge of lifting. The world’s farmers, mining companies and oil producers spent billions of dollars over the last decade to increase output. The result: huge surpluses and sharply lower prices for commodities ranging from oil to sugar to iron ore.
The magnitude of the decline has exceeded the expectations of the vast majority of investors and analysts. The Bloomberg Commodity Index, tracking 22 commodities, fell for a fourth straight year in 2014 and is down 3.1% this year. But some investors see the seeds of a recovery in daily reports of plunging prices. They are buying some of the hardest-hit commodities, in a bet that low prices will quickly force producers to cut back, erasing the global surpluses behind the multi-year slide...............................................Full Article: Source
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