I wouldn&#x27;t necessarily reduce my claim to &quot;high inflation environments&quot;, but this link might prove helpful:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.investopedia.com&#x2F;ask&#x2F;answers&#x2F;05&#x2F;051905.asp" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.investopedia.com&#x2F;ask&#x2F;answers&#x2F;05&#x2F;051905.asp</a><p>Here&#x27;s another:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.investopedia.com&#x2F;ask&#x2F;answers&#x2F;102915&#x2F;do-hedge-funds-invest-commodities.asp" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.investopedia.com&#x2F;ask&#x2F;answers&#x2F;102915&#x2F;do-hedge-fund...</a><p>Or perhaps they&#x27;ll just buy all the companies that store commodities of a certain type.  I&#x27;ve heard horror stories (from a family member in finance) about hedge funds who will buy up all of a certain type of commodity (in this specific example all of the farms that produce a specific type of egg) and just wait until the manufactured &quot;scarcity&quot; causes prices to go up, and then they&#x27;ll start selling.<p>So even if it&#x27;s not necessarily part of their &quot;plan&quot;, I know of at least the one case above.  My relative assured me there are plenty of other examples out there.  I&#x27;d say at the very least Hedge Funds have proven to be a very opportunistic bunch who would probably salivate at the idea of a scarce commodity that was the primary component in all batteries manufactured in the world.