[KC Burke]

Holding an actual commodity is very risky as large companies and large investors have more to do with the future price than actual supply and demand. Speculation in the futures for that commodity and the biggies taking "positions" are the primary movers.

Read up on the Hunt Brothers and the Silver market of the 70s if you want to see how you can get really stuck.

[orionblamblam]

> Read up on the Hunt Brothers and the Silver market of the 70s

I thought those were the goobers who drove the price of gold to $800/ounce?