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Week's Best		Week's Worst		Biggest One-Day Rise		Biggest One-Day Fall
Cotton #2	+10.40%	Silver	-4.84%	Natural Gas	+3.81%	Silver	-4.47%
Month's Best		Month's Worst		Biggest One-Day Rise		Biggest One-Day Fall
Cotton #2	+9.21%	Silver	-11.39%	Soybeans	+4.32%	Silver	-4.47%
Year's Best		Year's Worst		Biggest One-Day Rise		Biggest One-Day Fall
Cotton #2	+9.21%	Silver	-11.39%	Soybeans	+4.32%	Silver	-4.47%

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Additional Points of Analysis
- Commodities finished mixed with 6 out of 11 profitable (during the previous two weeks, 10 out of 11 were up)
- Cotton #2 was by far the best weekly performer (double that of the second Sugar #11 & Natural Gas)
- Natural Gas made a new biggest one-day rise +3.81% on Wed. 19 Jan.
- Silver made a new biggest one-day drop -4.47% on Fri. 21 Jan.
- Natural Gas had the best daily performance on 3 separate occasions this week
- Both Sugar #11 and Cotton #2 completed the week with 4 consecutive profitable trading days

- Cotton replaced Platinum as the best commodity of the month/year
- Silver remained the worst of the month/year for a second week (nearly 3 times worse than second-worst Gold)
- Currently 7 out of 11 commodities are profitable for the month/year (in Jan 2010, only 3 out of 11 were up)

	17 Jan - 21 Jan	January	2011	14 January 2011	21 January 2011	December	January
Crude Oil (Nymex)	-2.8%	-2.5%	-2.5%	91.69	89.14	91.40	89.14
Natural Gas (Nymex)	5.2%	7.5%	7.5%	4.487	4.72	4.39	4.72
Gold	-1.7%	-4.4%	-4.4%	1,367.00	1,343.50	1,405.50	1,343.50
Copper	-2.8%	-2.9%	-2.9%	4.434	4.31	4.44	4.31
Platinum	0.3%	3.5%	3.5%	1,811.00	1,817.00	1,755.00	1,817.00
Silver	-4.8%	-11.4%	-11.4%	28.52	27.14	30.63	27.14
Palladium	2.4%	2.1%	2.1%	795.00	814.00	797.00	814.00
Sugar (# 11)	5.2%	1.2%	1.2%	30.77	32.36	31.98	32.36
Coffee (KCH1 - 'C')	2.4%	0.7%	0.7%	234.8	240.32	238.70	240.32
Soybeans	-0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	1423	1,412.62	1,403.12	1,412.62
Cotton (# 2)	10.4%	9.2%	9.2%	142.16	156.94	143.70	156.94

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