Here is a great video that discusses how to start trading commodities as well as the Jim Rogers commodities ETF that he recommends. As China and the world grows, supply will get tighter, especially if no one has been adding productive capacity. No one has ever called you to tell you to invest in commodities. They always want you to invest in a mutual fund. Historically, commodities markets last on average 18 years. That means it should end somewhere between 2014 and 2022.

Soybeans are 70% below its all time high. In the seventies, it never made it to the teens. Sugar used to be 66 cents, and now it is 9 cents. Look at the agricultural products. These are all well below their highs.

It was a disaster for people who got wiped out. The tourist industry has been devastated. A frost in Florida can make a lot of people rich. A lot of people will also lose money. You’ve got to learn to think both ways.

One way to invest in raw materials is to buy a fund. The most viable Jim Rogers commodities ETF to invest in is PIMCO. There are 30,000 stock mutual funds in the world.. At the same time, there are only 3 or 4 commodity funds. Eventually there will be thousands of commodity funds. That is when it will be time to sell out.

You can find Jim Rogers’ book here - Hot Commodities