Happy Hogs

During Q1/16, the top performing asset was lean hogs, up a staggering 35.2%, followed by gold at 16.5%, utility stocks at 15.7%, and the Brazilian stock market, which rose 15.5%. The worst performer, rough rice, down 18.1%, followed by natural gas at -16.2%, the Italian stock market at -15.4%, and the Shanghai Composite at -15.1%. Of 109 commodities, currencies, stocks and bonds, 77 were up and 32 were down.