Three reasons why the commodity boom will continue

In his new book, commodities expert Jim Rogers argues that, the odd correction aside, there are plenty of compelling reasons why this asset class will continue to rise.

As late as 1999, oil was trading at $10 per barrel and gold at $250 per ounce, down from their nominal peaks in 1980 of $39 and $850 respectively. And that's not even adjusted for the fact that the value of a dollar was a lot lower in 1999 than in 1980.

Many pundits at the time argued that prices would continue to go down. The Economist had a cover in March 1999 entitled 'Drowning in Oil' where it argued that oil would continue to fall well below $10 per barrel. And gold was of course deemed a barbarous relic which would continue to fall in price as central banks continued to dump it.

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