Commodities
Learn how commodity investing -- in metals, energy and agricultural crops -- can help enhance portfolio performance and diversify risk.
Not-So-Minor Miners
By Alexei BayerThe past four years have been a "dream come true" for commodities bulls, and this could be only the tip of a commodities iceberg. Oil...
March 23, 2006
Optimistic About International Political RisksU.S. Funds' Frank Holmes accepts award
August 04, 2005
HedgeStreet Adds Corn, Soybean HedgeletsSAN MATEO, Calif. (HedgeWorld.com)--Folks in Illinois with a drought-induced pessimistic outlook about corn and soybean production can now take positions based on their views via HedgeStreet Inc. HedgeStreet now offers so-called Hedgelets on U.S. Department of Agriculture corn and soybean production forecasts. In this case, the Hedgelets are "yes" or...
July 27, 2005
Barclays Plans ETF Tracking CommoditiesBarclays Global Investors Inc., the leading provider of exchange-trade funds, plans to introduce an ETF that tracks commodities. Barclays said on Tuesday that it has filed...
January 12, 2005
Rogers: Despite Impending Crash in China, Commodities Remain Place to BeNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Forget about stocks and bonds, the new bull market is in commodities even if China stumbles in the short run, argued Jim Rogers, author and co-founder of Quantum Fund with George Soros, in a talk Wednesday. "It's simple economics," he said, speaking at the New York Board of...
June 01, 2004
More Than Meets The EyeAppearances can be deceiving, and experts can look at the same data and draw different conclusions. Take Oppenheimer's Real Asset Fund. Its top holdings appear...
June 01, 2004
About The ManagerKevin Baum calls his position as manager of the Oppenheimer Real Asset Fund a great combination of his two loves--investment markets and commodities. How does...
May 17, 2004
Fimat Joins Tokyo Commodities ExchangeTOKYO (HedgeWorld.com)--Fimat Group's Australian branch has become the first foreign firm to join the Tokyo Commodities Exchange. Becoming a member of the exchange, known as TOCOM,...