Is investor demand for hard assets and wealth protection growing?
*Investor's Business Daily, January 3, 2011:
''Commodities head into 2011 with a second year of asset-beating
gains that elevated oil and grains to their highest prices since the
financial crisis and copper to a record. And analysts say it is
not over yet.
The commodities sector as a whole rose 17% in 2010 to extend last
year's 23% growth, as measured by the Reuters-Jefferies CRB
index. That outpaced the 13% rise in the S&P 500 stock index
and the 5% return in U.S. bonds.
Palladium led the gainers, while only two of the 19 commodities in the
CRB declined this year. Natural gas was the outlier of those
losers, falling 21%.
Double-digit gains were the norm, as investors took their infatuation
with precious metals as a hedge against uncertainty to new heights in
the silver market, driving prices up 82%, while coffee and cotton
nearly doubled as investors sought out niche markets that had missed
out on past rallies.
Friday's fall in the dollar helped end the year on a high note for a
range of commodities, with the last-minute rush pushing copper to
another record, silver to a fresh 30-year peak, and oil, corn and soy
to their highest since mid-2008.
But the accelerating gains of the past few weeks are notable for having
broken a long-intact correlation with the dollar. Instead of falling as
the dollar rebounded in November and December, commodities have scaled
new highs.
For many, that suggests that the basics of supply and demand are taking
over from financial flows, paving the way toward higher highs next year
-- regardless of the dollar, which is expected to hold its own, a
Reuters poll showed.''
''Palladium was the star of precious metals and the commodities
complex, rising 96% to above $803 an ounce.''
''Gold rose 30%, its strongest performance since 2007, driven by
concerns over global economic recovery, and a weakening of the dollar
during the third quarter.
Silver rose 84% to end above $30 an ounce for its largest gain in at
least 30 years.''
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