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Fri 10 Oct 2007Some food for thoughtTHE INVESTOR'S VIEW/Croesus:The prices of a wide range of commodities from oil to copper and silver has been rising for several years. Many price rises have been dramatic and a large number of new players have been attracted into the commodities markets.Historically, the participants in the commodities markets have been either involved in the physical underlying markets, and/or speculatively traded commodity futures contracts in search of short-term gains.