Quote from Derrick1983:
Trader that was interesting, as Oil does push up the prices of everything. Is there any relationship between oil & commodities? Do they always rise & fall like this? Is there any other relationship that can be seen?
When Oil goes up, all generally go up as oil (crude, petrol, diesel, peak) are important for transportation. Now, we transport commodities, so when oil goes up, transport costs goes up, thus, prices of others goes up - sort of a chain reaction.
According to this year, prices were so high, due to the dollar falling value. However, other factors like wars, unrest in the oil supplying countries, or more demand than supply in an area can also cause prices to rise.
The graph of relationship might differ on political, socio-economic grounds. This relationship is known as
âInter-market relationshipâ. It is important as it tells you how different markets affect each other.
To learn & understand more of the relationship between oil & commodities or any markets, please read the following Intermarket Thread:
http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=55456