Cotton
Cotton is a key agricultural commodity, used in many aspects of modern life from clothing to bedding to upholstery. After making a new all time low of 13.5 mg/lb in 2009, cotton went on a tear in 2010, easily punching through resistance at 30 mg/lb, and more than tripling in value.
But looking back at the big picture, cotton is still cheap. It's old highs of 250 mg/lb are more than 6 times the current price! And cotton would need to almost double in price from here just to get back to it's average for the last 30 years.
Cotton in milligrams of gold per pound from January 2000 to present:
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