Commodities More Expensive In 2014

If you were betting on the price of most commodities going up this year, your bet has likely paid off.

Clashes over Crimea and drought in Brazil helped send prices of commodities from wheat to zinc higher in 2014 so far.

Out of roughly 27 active contract commodity markets tracked by analysts at Citi, close to two thirds increased in value during the first quarter to date, while fewer than 10 saw (mostly) marginal declines. As an asset class, commodities have done better than most other asset classes, after two years of underperformance, according to Citi.

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