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2024 Review: Unwrapping the Christmas haul
The Philippine Star
|January 06, 2025
The holidays are over. It's time to pack up the Christmas tree, bundle up your gifts and see which treasures are truly worth keeping.
Cocoa's sweet surprise
If Santa slipped chocolate into your stocking, don't devour it just yet. Cocoa prices surged by 172 percent, making it 2024's top-performing commodity. Poor harvests turned your holiday sweets into golden treats as cocoa prices soared past just about everything else on the board.
Bitcoin bonanza
Crypto investors who weathered Bitcoin's 64-percent drop in 2022 saw their patience pay off. It registered two straight years of triple-digit returns—up by 155 percent in 2023 and another 121 percent in 2024. Bitcoin exchange-traded funds became mainstream. Trump's return to the White House ignited hopes for more friendly regulations to promote crypto's wider adoption.
Coffee's roasting rally
That pricey morning latte just got pricier. Arabica coffee spiked by 67 percent to a four-decade high due to a severe drought in Brazil that cast doubt on next season's supply. Suddenly, those P160 Americanos feel like a bargain compared to what's brewing ahead.
Tech stocks bring cheer
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