With an impressive 20 percent annualized return, silver is king of the commodity space over the past decade with gold (19 percent annualized) and copper (18 percent annualized) following closely behind.

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For one, profits attract imitators, and as this is being read a lot of marginal producers are entering the commodity space, funded by lemming investors desperate to avoid missing out on the boom.

FORBES: The Money Illusion That Drives Today's Texas and Canada Hype

Investors were greeted by a sea of red in the commodity space Monday morning, and the selloff sunk its teeth into the equity market over the course of the day before the bell rang at session lows.

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Ultimately Amazon S3 is just selling a commodity in storage space.

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Alas, advertising space has become an abundant commodity.

FORBES: Forget The Ads, Show Me The Goods

If, on the other hand, roads were priced like any other scarce commodity, better use would be made of existing space and the revenues raised could be used to improve public transport.

ECONOMIST: Jam today, road pricing tomorrow

Office, retail, and apartment space in central Moscow is an incredibly precious commodity that, if taxed and regulated properly, could be used to raise huge amounts of revenue for important and long-neglected sectors like education and health.

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We wonder how industrial commodity prices would fair if the Chinese decided that 30 billion square feet of office space is probably enough for now .

FORBES: A Cautionary Fable

Rising commodity prices are never far from the news but that favours equities that work in this space.

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