Copper Prices May Be On The Rise, In Sharp Contrast To The Other Much Duller Commodities Markets

Commodities have started to seriously bore Wall Street. That's because commodity prices are expected to hold steady -- at best -- this year and many are expected to fall. Production is generally seen as keeping pace with or exceeding demand and inventories of a number of commodities are not low enough to bolster prices. Barclays PLC put it succinctly recently in noting that commodity returns will remain "sluggish for some time to come."