Commodities drop has investors worried.

期货下挫引发投资者担忧。

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Brazil's real slid 3.8 percent to 48.59 yen and Australia's dollar declined 3.3 percent to 75.22 yen as a drop in stocks and commodities discouraged demand for higher-yielding assets.

巴西雷亚尔下跌3.8%至48.59日元，澳大利亚元下跌3.3%至75.22日元。股票和商品的下跌打击了对高收益资产的需求。

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UBS tumbled 5.3 percent after Switzerland's biggest bank reported a quarter-on-quarter drop in revenue from fixed income, currencies and commodities.

瑞士最大的银行瑞银集团股价下跌5.3%，此前瑞银集团公布财报收益，显示来自固定收入、货币、大宗商品的利润季度环比下降。

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Or was the better bet to believe University of Illinois' Julian Simon, who said prices for oil and other commodities would drop?

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Thanks to abundant natural resources the economy has grown at an average of 7% a year for the past decade and only now shows some signs of flagging as commodities prices drop.

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It stands to reason that replacing OPEC's monopoly with fuel competition will force the cartel and commodities speculators to drop the price of oil.

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