Traders need to relearn the art of commodities investing.
In spite of the boom prompted by the Federal Reserve's latest measures to unblock credit markets, the days of easy profits from almost indiscriminate investing in commodity markets are over. Instead there should be a return to the days when smart traders earned their returns and reputations by arbitraging price discrepancies among hand-picked raw materials.
This, at least, is what Paul Touradji, one of the most closely watched commodities traders, is advocating for those seeking to navigate the current market. “For people who are good, their returns will be the best since the 1970s.”