The PerfChart below shows the three month performance for five commodity indices and the CRB Index ($CRB). All five are down and $CRB is down around 14%. Blame it on energy, which is down over 21%. Precious metals have held up relatively well with a decline less than 4%.
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Arthur Hill, CMT, is the Chief Technical Strategist at TrendInvestorPro.com. Focusing predominantly on US equities and ETFs, his systematic approach of identifying trend, finding signals within the trend, and setting key price levels has made him an esteemed market technician. Arthur has written articles for numerous financial publications including Barrons and Stocks & Commodities Magazine. In addition to his Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation, he holds an MBA from the Cass Business School at City University in London.
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