The prices of many commodities have held up comparatively well in the past few weeks, despite the rout in financial markets. Nonetheless, the sharp decline in prices of commodity-related equities, which have generally underperformed the broader stock market, suggests this resilience may not last, just as it did not in the autumn of 2008.
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