Commodities
Learn how commodity investing -- in metals, energy and agricultural crops -- can help enhance portfolio performance and diversify risk.
How Bad Will Inflation Get?
By Ron DeLeggeDuring the 2008 credit crisis, asset prices fell and the prospect of a general deflation was the biggest worry. Today, deflationary fears are still present…
June 27, 2011
PIMCO Expert on Inflation: ‘Goldilocks Days’ Are OverPortfolio manager shares ways to invest in a world with rising commodities and other prices.
June 20, 2011
How to Position Clients in CommoditiesIn today's choppy environment, advisors suggest using mutual funds, ETFs and managed futures for some clients
June 16, 2011
Is the Commodities Bull Run Over?Last month’s attention-grabbing IPO for Glencore valued the commodities giant at $59 billion. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
June 10, 2011
Commodities Market Battered by Slowdown, FloodingMost commodities fell in May, with the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return down by 5.06%. One affected sectors within the index included energy, with flooding of the Mississippi River threatening to disrupt U.S. distribution channels.
June 09, 2011
Commodity Panelists Disagree on Strategy at Morningstar ConfabExperts on commodity markets touted divergent investment strategies in a panel discussion at the Morningstar Investment Conference but largely agreed on the underlying economics of tight supply and growing demand for various commodities.
June 01, 2011
Stockpiling CommoditiesOnce upon a not-too-long-ago time, most investors believed that a mix of stocks and bonds would provide the diversification necessary to withstand a market downturn.
May 15, 2011
Reconsidering the Case for CommoditiesOne investment firm contends that the fundamental case for commodities has changed since the late 1990s