Commodity Prices

Gold •278 days	2,368.70	+35.30	+1.51%
Platinum •10 mins	924.90	+19.00	+2.10%
WTI Crude •10 mins	61.14	+0.44	+0.72%
Gasoline •10 mins	2.037	+0.017	+0.83%
Ethanol •278 days	2.161	+0.000	+0.00%
Silver •278 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%

Silver • 278 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%
Copper • 278 days	4.530	+0.111	+2.51%
Brent Crude • 10 mins	64.59	+0.38	+0.59%
Natural Gas • 10 mins	3.713	+0.058	+1.59%
Heating Oil • 10 mins	2.085	+0.015	+0.73%

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Commodities -- Does it Take Two to Contango?

By Tyler Mordy - Apr 08, 2010, 12:00 AM CDT

The subject of commodities has always been a controversial topic. Classical economists, like Adam Smith, viewed a market based economy, unfettered by government regulation, as most beneficial to society ... Today's economists approach the subject of commodities with a similar level of dischord ... although their debate has a different aim. Amidst the cacophonyof views, many are left confused.