{"id":521799,"date":"2010-04-09T09:59:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T13:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/gold-commodities-2010-4"},"modified":"2010-04-09T09:59:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-09T13:59:00","slug":"forget-gold-here-are-the-commodities-that-could-have-made-you-a-killing-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/521799","title":{"rendered":"Forget Gold, Here Are The Commodities That Could Have Made You A Killing This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"London<\/a>Here’s some quick perspective on the commodities market thus far in 2010.<\/p>\n

The outlook for many economically-driven commodities has brightened as global growth continues. Prices have gone on a tear.<\/p>\n

Yet gold, which isn’t driven by any significant source of economic use, has been left in the dust by them.<\/p>\n

It’s up only 5.4% on the year, whereas these others are doing better.<\/p>\n

See where you could have made a killing ><\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Aluminum builds cars (LME): 5.6% Growth<\/h2>\n

\"Aluminum<\/div>\n

Top Producer:<\/strong> China<\/a>, 2006 numbers<\/p>\n

What is it used for:<\/strong> Aluminium is used in the production of a variety of materials, everything from automobiles to packaging for food items. Its also used in sports equipment production, for baseball bats<\/a> and ice hockey sticks.<\/p>\n

Source: Continuous futures contract via Fact Set, Waverly Advisors<\/em><\/p>\n

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Heating Oil keeps you warm (NYMEX): 5.9% Growth<\/h2>\n

\"Heating<\/div>\n

Top Producer:<\/strong> Saudi Arabia (Oil)<\/a>, 2008 numbers<\/p>\n

What is it used for:<\/strong> Used for the heating of buildings and water heating in buildings both private and commercial.<\/p>\n

Source: Continuous futures contract via Fact Set, Waverly Advisors<\/em><\/p>\n

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Cotton clothes you (ICE): 7.1% Growth<\/h2>\n

\"Cotton<\/div>\n

Top Producer:<\/strong> China<\/a>, 2009 numbers<\/p>\n

What is it used for:<\/strong> Cotton is largely used in the production of clothing, like t-shirts and jeans. It is also used for products like coffee filters<\/a> and fishnets.<\/p>\n

Source: Continuous futures contract via Fact Set, Waverly Advisors<\/em><\/p>\n

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Copper powers buildings (COMEX): 7.9% Growth<\/h2>\n

\"Copper<\/div>\n

Top Producer:<\/strong> Chile<\/a>, 2005 numbers<\/p>\n

What is it used for:<\/strong> Copper is used in the production of piping and wiring, due to its malleability and conductivity. It can also be used in building construction<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Source: Continuous futures contract via Fact Set, Waverly Advisors<\/em><\/p>\n

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Silver is sort of shiny (COMEX): 8.1% Growth<\/h2>\n

\"Silver<\/div>\n

Top Producer:<\/strong> Peru<\/a>, 2006 numbers<\/p>\n

What is it used for:<\/strong> Used for jewelry and wealth protection, silver is also used in the production of silverware and other household items. Silver is also used in some chemical production processes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Source: Continuous futures contract via Fact Set, Waverly Advisors<\/em><\/p>\n

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Light Crude gives you fuel and petrochemicals (NYMEX): 8.2% Growth<\/h2>\n

\"Light<\/div>\n

Top Producer:<\/strong> Saudi Arabia (Oil)<\/a> 2008 numbers<\/p>\n

What is it used for:<\/strong> After further processing, light crude produces diesel fuel and gasoline<\/a>, products which are used by any machine utilizing an internal combustion engine.<\/p>\n

Source: Continuous futures contract via Fact Set, Waverly Advisors<\/em><\/p>\n

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Tin gives you wiring (LME): 9.6% Growth<\/h2>\n

\"Tin<\/div>\n

Top Producer:<\/strong> China<\/a>, 2005 numbers<\/p>\n

What is it used for:<\/strong> Tin is used in the soldering process, its also an excellent conductor of electricity used for wiring. It was formerly used in the production of tin cans<\/a>, but that use is much more limited today.<\/p>\n

Source: Continuous futures contract via Fact Set, Waverly Advisors<\/em><\/p>\n

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RBOB Gasoline… is obvious (NYMEX): 12.8% Growth<\/h2>\n

\"RBOB<\/div>\n

Top Producer:<\/strong> Saudi Arabia (Oil)<\/a> 2008 numbers<\/p>\n

What is it used for:<\/strong> Gasoline is used in the powering of automobiles and other internal combustion engines. It can also be used to dilute paint<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Source: Continuous futures contract via Fact Set, Waverly Advisors<\/em><\/p>\n

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Coal is used to create power and for steel, depending on type (NYMEX): 15.9% Growth<\/h2>\n

\"Coal<\/div>\n

Top Exporter:<\/strong> Australia<\/a>, 2005 numbers<\/p>\n

What is it used for:<\/strong> Coal is used as a burning source for energy creation. Steam engines turn the heat produced from coal burning into electricity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Source: Continuous futures contract via Fact Set, Waverly Advisors<\/em><\/p>\n

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Nickel makes steel stainless (LME) 33.7% Growth<\/h2>\n

\"Nickel<\/div>\n

Top Producer:<\/strong> Russia<\/a>, 2005 numbers<\/p>\n

What is it used for:<\/strong> Nickel is used in the creation of products like magnets and stainless steel. It is also used to create rechargeable batteries<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Source: Continuous futures contract via Fact Set, Waverly Advisors<\/em><\/p>\n

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Steel builds the world. Ring trade: Far East (LME): 49.4% Growth<\/h2>\n

\"Steel<\/div>\n

Top Producer:<\/strong> China<\/a>, 2008 numbers<\/p>\n

What is it used for:<\/strong> Steel is the core structure for most modern buildings, including skyscrapers and stadiums. It is also used in railroad construction<\/a>, and for nails and screws.<\/p>\n

Source: Continuous futures contract via Fact Set, Waverly Advisors<\/em><\/p>\n

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Gold’s been left behind so far, yet American natural gas has completely missed the commodities rally.<\/h2>\n

\"Gold's<\/div>\n

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Now If You Think This Market Is Boring Check Out The 14 Crises That Could Change Everything<\/h2>\n

\"Now<\/div>\n

See The Potential Game Changers Here ><\/a><\/h2>\n

Join the conversation about this story »<\/a><\/p>\n

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Here’s some quick perspective on the commodities market thus far in 2010. The outlook for many economically-driven commodities has brightened as global growth continues. Prices have gone on a tear. Yet gold, which isn’t driven by any significant source of economic use, has been left in the dust by them. It’s up only 5.4% on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1977,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-521799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1977"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}