Crude oil, gold and silver top the list of the world’s most popular commodities, and as a result, prominent media outlets regularly update on the rise and fall of their values. But there are quite a few other commodities that are traded in the world’s markets, sometimes in aggressive fashion, all of which are subject to the speculative demand of the market. Often with less fluctuation, but sometimes with severe price spikes, the world’s lesser-known commodities are traded daily in the same fashion as their more flashy counterparts. Read on to learn how and why some of the more ‘popular’ (relative, of course), but seemingly unusual commodities are traded.
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