How vulnerable are commodities to the tapering of QE3?

The prospect of a reduction in US monetary stimulus has already begun to undermine the prices of many risky assets, from developed market equities to emerging market currencies. However, this prospect should be less of a threat to the prices of industrial commodities, such as oil and copper.

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