The doom-mongers lost. More importantly, they could not have won even if they had invested in petroleum, foodstuffs, sugar, coffee, cotton, wool, minerals, or phosphates: all of these commodities had become cheaper.
末日论者们失算了。更为重要的是，即便是他们投资了石油、粮食、糖、咖啡、棉花、羊毛、矿产或磷酸盐也还是会亏：这些商品都跌价了。