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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Is This It? Your Last Chance To Buy Oil, Food, And Metal Before Massive Overpopulation Sends Prices Into The Stratosphere? Businessinsider.com

CRB Commodities Index (One Year)

Image: Bloomberg

By Henry Blodget

After a massive surge over the past year, commodities prices have suddenly slumped.

This could mean one of two things.

Either, commodities bears are right and this is the beginning of the bursting of the commodities bubble (in which case, look out below).

Or commodities bulls are right and this "dip" is your last buying opportunity before massive human over-population competing for finite natural resources sends commodity prices into the stratosphere.

For full article:

http://www.businessinsider.com/commodities-prices-2011-7

http://www.businessinsider.com/commodities-prices-2011-7#ixzz1RKNk8oaz