Investments flowed into funds on the strength of equity markets and the red-hot commodities and energy markets.

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Rogers, author of Hot Commodities, says his optimism comes right out of the history books.

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Since ETFs are hot commodities with few supply limitations, a competitive marketplace naturally drives down costs to the benefit of consumers.

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Now iron ore has been added to the list of hot commodities.

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While these may not seem like prized offerings, anyone who has traversed the security lines at a Super Bowl knows that these offerings are hot commodities.

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The service, called Home Premiere and available first in April on DirecTV, will air movies that have opened in theaters as recently as two months previously, which makes them fairly hot commodities under the impenetrable set of viewing-window rules that now dictate when theatrical releases can be seen in the home.

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