The Periodic Table of Commodity Returns for 2017 is shown below. Similar to the Callan chart for equities, this table shows the annual performance of commodities.

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Source: US Funds

Last year Palladium was the top performer with a return of over 56%. Copper, an important metal that is considered as the barometer of global economy, was up a decent 30%. The worst performing commodity in 2017 was natural gas.

Download: The Periodic Table of Commodity Returns 2017 (in pdf)