Here is the year-to-date price change in commodities and stocks:
Crude oil up 43%
Ethanol up 21%
Heating oil up 44%
Natural gas up 77%
Unleaded gas up 40%
Cattle up 1%
Corn up 59%
Soy beans up; 26%
Wheat down 2%
Coffee up 6%
Aluminum up 33%
Copper up 26%
Platinum up 33%
Gold up 6%
Silver up 13%.
S&P 500 down 10%
Frankfurt DAX down 18%
London FTSE down 12%
Paris CAC down 20%
Hong Kong Hang Sang down 18%.
Tokyo Nikkei down 10%
Singapore Straits down 14.%.
Seoul Composite down 10%
Sydney All Ordinary down 16%
Taipei Telex down 7%
Shanghai Shanghai B down 44%