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Friday, April 14, 2006

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Commodities Craze

Booming commodities market

Gold and silver prices are reaching new highs. Why are precious metals beating the pants off the market? Morningstar's Karen Dolan explains.

More more and more folks are getting into the booming commodities market. New commodity-based mutual and exchange-traded funds make it easier than before, and big money managers like Fidelity have over $100 billion in commodities -- 16 times as much as in 1999. What's the attraction? And are investor expectations maybe a little too high? (Photo: Mario Tama (c) Getty Images)

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