Cocoa beans and germanium become the hottest investment products in 2024

On January 1st, according to the data from the Intercontinental Exchange and the Shanghai Metal Exchange, cocoa beans and germanium became the most bullish investment commodities in the world in 2024, while the most bearish commodities were steel and soybeans. The commodity with the highest price increase since the beginning of the year is cocoa beans, with an increase of 181%. The metal with the highest price increase last year was germanium, with its price pumping nearly 87%; ranking second and third are precious metals: gold price pumping 25.5%, silver price pumping 21%. In the field of energy, natural gas prices pumped the most vigorously: the price of natural gas in the United States pumped by 62% in a year, and the prices of natural gas in the United Kingdom and the European Union pumped by 51%; but the prices of other energy commodities have decreased this year, most notably coal, with a decrease of nearly 15%.