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Are we in a commodities supercycle? Michael Townshend, Piet Viljoen discuss

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Michael Townshend is the portfolio manager at Foord Asset Management. Many market commentators are saying we are in a supercycle for commodities. Townshend explains how the last one came about and, along with Piet Viljoen, discusses whether there are in fact any parallel’s with today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
21 May 2021 3AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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