Understanding the ups and downs of commodities

Weekly Market Review: We take a closer look at this important, but often misunderstood, asset class

By Kristina Hooper, Global Market Strategist

The past few weeks have seen commodity prices experience some significant swings, with different commodities impacted by different factors. I find that investors have a lot of questions about commodities and what drives them — particularly given all the dramatic weather events over the past few weeks — so this week I’m going to focus on these investments (with a quick note at the end about key events from last week).

First, consider what we’ve been seeing in the commodity markets recently...

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