Alcoa Quietly Moves Ahead
Commodities are one way to view the economy and in turn glean something about the stock markets. With gold rising to over $900 an ounce recently, this has put investors and traders in mind of the historical precedents for rising gold prices, such as a cheap dollar, and the preference of some investors to hold the precious metal instead of the currency, or to have some portion of their portfolio in gold or gold futures. While many traders use options and futures to trade commodities, few actually take physical possession of wheat, corn, or oil futures in the same way…