| Commodities offer Canadian investors the chance to add diversity to their portfolios — which usually include a mix of cash, stocks and bonds — because they tend to generate returns on a different basis than the other asset classes.
But there are a lot of reasons why the prices of commodities fluctuate: seasonality, global or regional economic growth, supply and demand, the U.S. currency, the weather and geopolitical conflict, among others. This complex dynamic is tough for investors, especially novice ones, to decode and then properly time. So yes, there is money to be made in commodities, but can mom and dad stomach the ups, downs and unknowns?..............................................Full Article: Source
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