Commodity Investing Can Make You Rich!

Commodities have always be considered to be inferior as an investment. But in the last few decades, the world of commodity trading has seen many people getting rich. Commodity trading is no longer consider to be an inferior asset class. Rather, commodity investing is becoming popular. Commodities prices have been skyrocketing with commodities like gold, silver, oil, wheat,cotton and others hitting the all time historical highs in the last decade. Gold just breached the historical barrier of $1200 per troy ounce in the last few months of 2009. Crude oil prices jumped from around $60-70 in the summer of 2008 to more than $140 per barrel in a matter of few months. It is being said that the 21st century belongs to Commodity Trading!

This boom in the commodity prices is going to continue for many decades. Commodity trading is going to make many investors and traders rich in first half of the 21st century. Fundamentals for commodity market are strong. With Brazil, Russia, China and India (BRIC) developing at a fast pace and other countries joining the rank of the emerging economies, demand for commodities will be a all time high for many decades.

Now commidity investing can be done in many ways. This is unlike stocks. There are many different investment vehicles that you can use to invest in commodities. You can invest in companies that process commodities like copper, aluminum, uranium. You can even invest in energy companies and oil and natural gas companies. You can invest in commodity ETFs. You can buy precious metals ownership certificates. You can invest in Master Limited Partnerships. Last but not the least, you can ivnest in gold and oil futures. There are so many possibilities that you can use to invest in commodities.

Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) that invest in energy infrastructure like pipelines and storage facilities are a unique investment as they are traded publicly like a corporation but they offer the benefits of a partnership. Unlike Corporation that are taxed two times, MLPs are not taxed and they pass on their income to shareholders tax free. You will be only taxed on individual basis if you invest in an MLP. An MLP's primary responsibility is to pass on all the cash flow directly to shareholders, you can afford not to invest in MLPs.

With the rise in the crude oil prices, the demand for nuclear power is on the rise. Price of uranium has gone from $10 in 1994 to more than $40. Uranium market is in an extended bull market for the last decade. You can profit from investing in companies that mine uranium ore.

As more and more investors and traders flock towards commodity trading, exchanges that provide futures contracts, options and other derivatives to commodity traders have seen their stock prices rise! The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), one of the largest commodity exchanges has seen its stock price rise from $40 in 2003 IPO to almost $500 in 2006. This performance was even better than GOOGLE. With the global economy out of recession, this price is again going to shoot up. This is the best time to start commodity trading!