What's So Bullish About Commodities? I'll Show You

I was having a conversation with a colleague the other day, and he commented on the fact that the widely-tracked CRB index had broken down and seemed headed lower.

"But that's an energy-heavy index," I said. "Don't go by that. Many commodities are doing fine."

He challenged me: "Show me a commodity index that's not breaking down ... that's not uranium!"

Well, you know I like a challenge...

Here is the CRB Index (monthy). Yep, this energy-heavy index , which is weighted down with petroleum and natural gas contracts, doesn't look good.

But now let's look at an EQUALLY-weighted commodity index.

This is the Continuous Commodity Futures Price Index (CCI) is interesting, being an equal-weighted geometric average of commodity price levels relative to the base year average price. This Index is the old CRB Index -- before it became heavily weighted to energy.

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