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What next for commodity price correlations?

The perceived wisdom is that the very high correlation between commodity and equity pricemovements during 2009-12 was an aberration caused by the global financial crisis and itsramifications. We do not agree. Instead, our view is that the financialisation of commoditymarkets will prevent the long-run correlation between commodities and equities returning topre-crisis lows.

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