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With the growing global population increasingly demanding goods, many financial advisors have advised clients to invest in commodities, says Business Insider.
But which commodities do these advisors favour? Let's take a look at what Morgan Stanley is predicting.
Source: Business Insider
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How world's 14 top commodities will perform
Image: A car drives past a BP petrol station in Moscow.Photographs: Denis Sinyakov/Reuters
Oil
Projected 2012 average: $110/bbl
Projected 2013 price: $115/bbl
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How world's 14 top commodities will perform
Image: A worker carries out a routine check in a natural gas control centre of Turkey's Petroleum and Pipeline Corporation, 35km west of Ankara.Photographs: Umit Bektas/Reuters
Natural gas
Projected 2012 average: $2.74/mmBtu
Projected 2013 price: $4.00/mmBtu
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How world's 14 top commodities will perform
Image: A worker loads aluminium chucks onto a truck at Aluminium Mostar factory in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.Photographs: Dado Ruvic/Reuters
Aluminium
Projected 2012 average: $2,100/MT
Projected 2013 price: $2,200/MT
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How world's 14 top commodities will perform
Image: An employee checks a copper hose in Sao Paulo, Brazil.Photographs: Nacho Doce/Reuters
Copper
Projected 2012 average: $7,900/MT
Projected 2013 price: $8,300/MT
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How world's 14 top commodities will perform
Image: Workers load sacks of nickel ore into trucks in Indonesia's south Sulawesi province.Photographs: Yusuf Ahmad/Reuters
Nickel
Projected 2012 average: $17,800/MT
Projected 2013 price: $18,300/MT
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How world's 14 top commodities will perform
Image: A truck hauls zinc ore at Oz Minerals Century Mine in Lawn Hill near Queensland, Australia.Photographs: Handout/Reuters
Zinc
Projected 2012 average: $2,000/MT
Projected 2013 price: $2,100/MT
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How world's 14 top commodities will perform
Image: An employee holds a gold piece in Jakarta, Indonesia.Photographs: Beawiharta Beawiharta/Reuters
Gold
Projected 2012 average: $1,677/oz
Projected 2013 price: $1,816/oz
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How world's 14 top commodities will perform
Image: A commemorative silver 25 rouble coin is seen during a presentation in Moscow.Photographs: Stringer/Reuters
Silver
Projected 2012 average: $32/oz
Projected 2013 price: $35/oz
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How world's 14 top commodities will perform
Image: Ingots of 99.97 and 99.98 per cent pure platinum are placed at the Krastsvetmet non-ferrous metals plant in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.Photographs: Ilya Naymushin/Reuters
Platinum
Projected 2012 average: $1,554/oz
Projected 2013 price: $1,715/oz
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How world's 14 top commodities will perform
Image: An employee examines cotton thread inside a workshop in Bello, Antioquia province, Colombia.Photographs: Albeiro Lopera/Reuters
Cotton
Projected 2012 average: $0.91/lb
Projected 2013 price: $0.80/lb
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Image: A farmer carries sugarcane from a field on the outskirts of Jammu.Photographs: Mukesh Gupta/Reuters
Sugar
Projected 2012 average: $0.22/lb
Projected 2013 price: $0.19/lb
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How world's 14 top commodities will perform
Image: A combine harvester loads corn kernels in La Paloma city, Canindeyu, 348km northeast of Asuncion, Paraguay.Photographs: Jorge Adorno/Reuters
Corn
Projected 2012 average: $7.85/bu
Projected 2013 price: $7.85/bu
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How world's 14 top commodities will perform
Image: Combine harvesters work on wheat field outside Svetlolobovo in Russia.Photographs: Ilya Naymushin/Reuters
Wheat
Projected 2012 average: $8.20/bu
Projected 2013 price: $8.20/bu
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How world's 14 top commodities will perform
Image: Workers harvest soybean in a farm in the city of Tangara da Serra in Cuiaba, Brazil.Photographs: Paulo Whitaker/Reuters
Soybean
Projected 2012 average: $16.00/bu
Projected 2013 price: $16.00/bu
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