| Worldwide, commodities investors in the primary sector – still struggling after the banking crisis of 2008 and the eurozone quaking that began in 2012 – were faced with the worst performance in precious metals and agricultural products this week. The falls were prompted by a stronger dollar as fears that the Greek debt impasse were irrelevant, and queries over a growth slowdown in China.
The gold price is at its lowest in two years, and this fact and allied falls in other commodities has driven linked equities and hedge funds south – some after years of buoyancy. The Bloomberg Commodities Index dropped to a 13-year low Monday, weaker than after the banking meltdown of 2008 and the euro-zone crisis of 2012. From oil to copper to sugar, little has escaped the rout in the year’s worst-performing asset class...............................................Full Article: Source
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