Buying a cup of black stuff and selling a barrel of another was a trade that would have doubled your money in 2014. Coffee was the top performing commodity in 2014, up 58% while Brent crude was down 45%.
The currency market went the same way as the Cold War in 2014 with the US dollar as the top performer and the ruble lagging. Bloomberg looks at the best and worst trades in 2014 in a variety of asset classes.