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Are the markets running ahead of themselves?

Asset prices of all types have surged following the announcement of additional QE from the US Fed, raising concerns about bubbles. The focus of these concerns has typically been on financial markets in the developing world. But we suspect that the first asset class to cause problems for the global economy, and perhaps the first bubbles to burst, will be commodities.

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