Commodities such as oil, precious metals, and agriculturals provide investors with superior long-term investment performance results and offer traders tremendou... » 

Commodities such as oil, precious metals, and agriculturals provide investors with superior long-term investment performance results and offer traders tremendous short-term opportunities. Commodities Rising analyzes the current commodity environment and looks out over the next few years to identify potential profit situations for investors. More importantly, this book shows readers how commodities can be used to reduce risk and increase returns in a balanced investment portfolio. Commodities expert Jeffrey Christian works hard to debunk much of the misinformation currently circulating about commodities, and provides a reasoned and authoritative reality-check for investors-to help evaluate the claims and promises of various publications and brokerages in the commodity field. «