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Financial Advisor July 2011 Virginia Munger Kahn |
Natural Selection Are futures or natural resource stocks the best way to get commodity exposure?  |
The Motley Fool August 19, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
Jumping on the Commodity Bandwagon If you own a target-date fund, make sure you know whether your fund is moving into commodities.  |
BusinessWeek December 17, 2009 Lewis Braham |
The Case for Commodities They could be a smart inflation hedge in 2010. And some pros see a long-term bull market for oil, grain, and gold.  |
Financial Planning December 1, 2005 Donald Jay Korn |
Hot Commodities Real assets are on a tear. Better yet, they offer great diversification and a hedge against inflation. The current trend probably has room to run, and there are other very real reasons to allocate a regular portion of clients' portfolios to commodities.  |
Financial Advisor February 2012 Eric Uhlfelder |
The Future Of Commodities Despite declining prices, observers believe that well-managed investments in commodities can still generate gains.  |
The Motley Fool August 4, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Investments You Can't Retire Without Asset allocation isn't just about stocks, bonds, and cash. There are other avenues to wealth in the financial markets.  |
Financial Advisor April 2006 Matt Hougan |
Rolling With Commodities Commodities can play an important role in a portfolio, and the much-anticipated Deutsche Bank commodities ETF can be a good vehicle to add them. But with oil deeply in contango, and expenses still on the high side, a shade of extra care is needed.  |
The Motley Fool September 29, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Are Commodities Still Doing Their Job? As commodities get more popular, their usefulness for diversification may decline.  |
The Motley Fool October 15, 2007 Zoe Van Schyndel |
Commodities Hit the Exchange (Again) The commodities boom launches another investment. The S&P GSCI Enhanced Commodity Total Return Strategy Index exchange-traded note is a new vehicle from Goldman Sachs that tracks the S&P GSCI Index.  |
Financial Planning August 1, 2012 Craig L. Israelsen |
Commodity Confidence Find a commodity fund that adds value to an overall portfolio by virtue of its raw performance as well as by virtue of its low correlation with the other portfolio ingredients.  |
Financial Planning March 1, 2005 |
Mutual Fund Monitor Commodities futures have unique diversification properties and, on average, perform well whenever stocks and bonds have done poorly.  |
Financial Advisor May 2005 Marla Brill |
Commodities Go Mainstream Until recently the high costs and complexity associated with commodity investing kept many investors away. But now, new products make it easier to get a pure play on commodity prices.  |
The Motley Fool October 26, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
The New Hot Commodity With the advent of exchange-traded funds, you can find custom-made investments that allow you to participate in nearly any market you can imagine.  |
The Motley Fool July 20, 2011 Stoyan Bojinov |
Inflation ETF Special: 25 ETF Ideas to Fight Rising Prices There's no silver bullet that is guaranteed to offset inflation, but there are dozens of ETFs that may be useful for those worried about the impact of rising prices on their portfolio.  |
BusinessWeek May 1, 2006 Aaron Pressman |
A High-Risk Diet For Investors Why a portfolio full of commodities may not be the best hedge against inflation.  |
Financial Planning September 1, 2007 Donald Jay Korn |
Different Strokes This summer's volatile markets proved that allocating funds among uncorrelated assets really does work.  |
Financial Advisor April 2004 Pauline P. Lam |
What You Should Know About Commodity Indexes Direct commodity investment has a place in every investment portfolio.  |
Financial Advisor November 2007 Jeff Schlegel |
New Twists On The Oldest Economy Formerly plodding agriculture is now running in the fast lane, but the run-up in index performances and in the valuations of certain agribusinesses might give investors pause despite the sector's seemingly positive long-term trends.  |
Financial Planning July 1, 2007 Craig L. Israelsen |
Quasi-Commodities? Here's how energy, precious metals and real estate compare with the entire commodities index as a component of an investment portfolio.  |
The Motley Fool November 23, 2009 Amanda B. Kish |
The New Global Hot Spots Fund managers with a global reach are turning to two sectors of the market that have been on fire lately.  |
The Motley Fool April 29, 2005 Tom Taulli |
Playing Commodities With ETFs Commodities are booming. But it's sometimes hard for individual investors to participate. ETFs can make things easier.  |
The Motley Fool December 4, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Is Gold the Only Thing Worth Buying? Some commodities have even better returns than gold, but others are lagging.  |
Financial Planning June 1, 2011 Donald Jay Korn |
Price Controls It's beginning to look a lot like inflation. Or is it? Statistics seem to tell the story, but when it comes to inflation, not everyone agrees how the plot will unfold.  |
BusinessWeek October 25, 2004 Laura Cohn |
Striking Gold In Commodities Some pension funds have made outsize returns, but how safe is the market?  |
Financial Advisor February 2011 Marla Brill |
Ready For Reflation Several kinds of ETFs should benefit if prices and interest rates begin to rise.  |
Financial Planning December 1, 2008 Suzanne McGee |
The Perfect Alternative Is there an asset class for your clients portfolios whose price moves in the opposite direction to that of mainstream investments like stocks and bonds?  |
Registered Rep. December 1, 2005 Stan Laxenberg |
Hot Stuff Commodity fund manager Jim Rogers has demonstrated a knack for finding the hottest markets. Here is his advice for the current market situation and some fund recommendations.  |
Financial Advisor August 2004 Pauline P. Lam |
Commodity Investments Help Diversify Portfolios A new tool--resampled efficiency--helps create optimal allocations. Investors can gain exposure to commodities by investing in commodity index or individual commodity futures contracts. A third option is mutual funds.  |
Entrepreneur February 2008 Scott Bernard Nelson |
The Golden Rule Recession worries? Look past the pot of gold and set your sights on commodities.  |
On Wall Street December 1, 2008 Tim Knepp |
Panning for Gold Whenever the markets turn south, interest in gold increases -- here are some ways to invest in this precious metal.  |
The Motley Fool February 23, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
Are Advisors Making Smart ETF Choices? It looks like many of them are jumping on the bandwagon.  |
The Motley Fool May 23, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
7 Inflation-Fighting ETFs Here are seven funds investors can use to shield their portfolio from inflation.  |
Financial Planning August 1, 2008 William Harding |
A Different Mix As investors suffer through this year's unstable market, the wounded are talking about alternative investments.  |
The Motley Fool June 13, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Cash in on Commodities With Less Risk Let options give you a shot at getting rich without losing your shirt.  |
Finance & Development March 1, 2008 Helbling et al. |
Riding a Wave Soaring commodity prices -- especially those of oil, nickel, tin, corn, and wheat -- has brought a sea change to the commodities landscape. Trade policies should be adjusted for better efficiency.  |
The Motley Fool July 6, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Are ETFs Predicting a Commodities Crash? ETF data give you a window on the commodities world.  |
Investment Advisor August 2008 Melanie Waddell |
Time for an Alternative The volatile market is sparking more use of alternative assets  |
The Motley Fool September 2, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Is This the Next Long Term Capital Management? A new commodity ETF, the U.S. Commodity Index Fund, sports an Ivy League pedigree.  |
The Motley Fool February 24, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
Risky Investing Just Got Easier With the first commodity-based exchange-traded fund having just been launched, you can invest in commodities easily, but do you really want to?  |
On Wall Street May 1, 2011 Jerry Webman |
Turmoil Intensifies Focus On Commodities Let's consider commodities from three perspectives: supply, demand and risk.  |
Financial Planning January 1, 2010 Donald Jay Korn |
Outlook 2010: Positivity "We think the economic outlook will be better than the consensus forecast," says Paul Zemsky, New York-based head of asset allocation and multi-manager investments for ING Investment Management.  |
Financial Advisor April 2010 Jeff Schlegel |
An Alternative World A growing number of financial advisors and their clients are clamoring for alternative investments in the wake of the massive market maelstrom of '08-'09, but it's a broad space requiring lots of due diligence.  |
Financial Planning August 1, 2012 Joseph Lisanti |
Girding for Inflation Whether you think inflation is here now or is headed our way, planners should prepare for it.  |
The Motley Fool April 20, 2011 Eric Dutram |
Comparing Three Diversified Portfolio ETFs Keep your portfolio diversified!  |
Finance & Development December 2008 Thomas Helbling |
Commodity Price Boom Is Over A reassessment of emerging economies' growth prospects has fundamentally changed the outlook for commodity markets  |
On Wall Street October 1, 2013 Jeff Tjornehoj |
Are Alts Making the Grade? The most recent crop of alt fund contenders are performing like a classroom full of underachievers.  |
The Motley Fool July 15, 2010 Eric Dutram |
Three ETFs To Play Jim Rogers' Advice Should you buy commodities as a refuge from the global economic woes?  |
The Motley Fool August 29, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Commodities ETFs: Dead on Arrival? While prices of several commodities have come crashing down to earth since July, ETF managers are still releasing new funds that let investors bet on a continued bull run in hard assets.  |
Financial Advisor October 2010 Marla Brill |
Digging Up Good Plays To find solid natural resource investments, this manager looks for companies with low production costs and attractive geological assets.  |
Financial Planning July 1, 2006 Elizabeth O'Brien |
Sturm, Low Drang Looking for a way into the soaring but volatile commodities market? Ivy Global Natural Resources fund could be a keeper. Fred Sturm, the 46-year-old manager, steers Ivy with a steady hand in a sector of exhilarating highs and gut-wrenching lows.  |