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How world's 14 top commodities will perform

Last updated on: September 26, 2012 12:45 IST

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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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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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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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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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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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Image: A truck hauls zinc ore at Oz Minerals Century Mine in Lawn Hill near Queensland, Australia.
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Zinc

Projected 2012 average: $2,000/MT

Projected 2013 price: $2,100/MT

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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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Silver

Projected 2012 average: $32/oz

Projected 2013 price: $35/oz

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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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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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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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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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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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