Commodities prices to crash in 2011? (Commodities Online)

Published on: January 06 2011 11:35 GMT

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LONDON (Commodity Online): Will commodities prices crash in 2011? Every investor worth the name has been bullish on investing in commodities, and prices of all the commodities from gold, silver, copper to agricultural products have been surging in 2010.

Will the commodities be able to sustain the continuing bullish rally in 2011?

While veteran commodities investors like Jim Rogers have been predicting that the current commodities boom cycle will continue in the coming decade, not all are confident about the sustainable rally in commodities.

This week, the year-end gains in several commodities were wiped in overnight trades around the world. Gold, silver and crude oil prices came down, giving investors who have poured money into them the jitters.

According to Janet Mirasola, managing director with R.J. O’Brien & Associates, extreme volatility may continue in commodities and there are possibilities that commodities prices can crash for short term in between. 

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