Commodities
Learn how commodity investing -- in metals, energy and agricultural crops -- can help enhance portfolio performance and diversify risk.
New Commodity, Brazil Funds on Tap
By Janet LevauxRussell Investments launches a commodity strategies fund, while Global X rolls out an ETF tied to a Brazilian consumer-sector index.
January 01, 2010
Launching Commodities and MoreCRBA is benchmarked to the Thomson Reuters/Jefferies CRB In-The-Ground Global Agriculture Equity Index, which selects from a global universe of publicly traded companies engaged in...
December 01, 2009
Deutsche Bank Mixes Up Commodity ETFsThe Commodity Future Trading Commission has been waging war against commodity index funds and visible evidence they are winning that war has already begun...
November 01, 2009
Can Commodity ETFs Survive?The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has been waging war against commodity index funds, and visible evidence they are winning that war has...
October 01, 2009
Natural Gas ETF Hits a WallExchange-traded funds touted as a convenient way to obtain market exposure have now become an inconvenient headache. At the center of the chaos is the U.S....
November 19, 2008
Searching for a Custodian, and Questioning DiversificationI am in the final stages of selecting a new custodian and I'm rethinking my long-time belief in diversification. On the custodian front, I have spoken...
September 18, 2008
Commodities safe haven for investorsCommodity stocks are enjoying a resurgence in popularity as Wall Street runs red with blood. Financial Times reports gold increased 11.4 percent to $866.10 per...