Commodity Bulls Slash $21 Billion in August Meltdown

CNBC Saturday 13th August, 2011

Big speculators slashed their bullish bets in U.S. commodity markets by a massive $21 billion in the week to Aug. 9, selling heavily into a major gold rally and cutting net long positions to the lowest in a year.

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