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Financial Planning
June 1, 2008
Craig L. Israelsen
Spice It Up Can adding commodities to a diversified investment portfolio boost performance without adding extra risk? Read on. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
July 1, 2012
Craig L. Israelsen
Material World The natural resources mutual fund sector has a number of attractions, but one characteristic that is probably not immediately evident to many investors is that these funds do not correlate closely with broad stock indexes. This, it turns out, is a valuable feature. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
April 2004
Pauline P. Lam
What You Should Know About Commodity Indexes Direct commodity investment has a place in every investment portfolio. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
June 1, 2012
Kristen Capuano
The Big Idea: Fighting Contango For investors and advisors eager to add to or adjust their commodity allocations, the contango-fighting approach of a next-generation commodity product may be worth a closer look. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
August 16, 2006
Zoe Van Schyndel
ETFs Bring the Bling Here's a way for ordinary investors to benefit from trends in commodity markets. But some commodity ETFs might turn out to be fool's gold, while others are the real thing. Learn about the risks involved before you invest. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
April 25, 2011
Brad Zigler
Managed Futures Mainstreamed Changes in the regulatory scheme have since allowed the creation of lower-cost commodity-based mutual funds and exchange-traded products which can be marketed by Series 7 folk and RIA associates. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
June 1, 2011
Savita Iyer-Ahrestani
Stockpiling Commodities The traditional stock/bond breakdown is no longer enough; for true diversification, clients need to add commodities to their portfolios. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Finance & Development
December 2011
Arezki et al.
Less Volatile than Meets the Eye Contrary to popular wisdom, commodity prices can be more stable than those of manufactured products mark for My Articles similar articles
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? mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
November 1, 2006
Donald Jay Korn
Hard Choices Exchange-traded funds and notes provide more options for financial planners who want exposure to commodities. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
September 1, 2011
Temma Ehrenfeld
The Big Idea: Diversify With Futures Your clients may balk when they hear "futures" - accusing you of straying into a fantasy of an asset class that solves all our problems. Yet finance professionals have used managed futures for decades to boost the performance of stock and bond portfolios. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
July 2011
Virginia Munger Kahn
Natural Selection Are futures or natural resource stocks the best way to get commodity exposure? mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
February 2007
Matt Hougan
Dancing The Contango The commodities market has investors singing the blues, but a new note leads some to follow the beat of a different drummer. Whatever happens with commodities in 2007, we know one thing for sure: Advisors will be watching. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
August 16, 2010
Brad Zigler
Commodity Funds or Commodity Exchange-traded Products? The tumult in the equities markets has forced a lot of investors and advisors to consider diversifying their portfolios with alternative asset classes. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
January 5, 2008
Craig L. Israelsen
Stay Low Maintaining a low correlation among a portfolio's assets in the distribution phase can help avoid potentially devastating losses. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
October 1, 2012
Craig L. Israelsen
How Planners Can Use Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities for a Portfolio If Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities are added to an equity-based portfolio, what is their impact on returns and volatility? mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
August 2008
Marla Brill
Harvest In Agricultural ETFs Although a sharp pullback could be coming, some advisors think commodities are good long-term plays. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
October 25, 2004
Laura Cohn
Striking Gold In Commodities Some pension funds have made outsize returns, but how safe is the market? mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
October 1, 2013
Craig L. Israelsen
Should Clients Avoid Bonds Now? With rates inching upward, some clients may want to skip fixed-income investments entirely. They shouldn't. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2010
Michael Johnston
3 Low-Volatility ETF Options Smooth out your volatility and lower your blood pressure with these three ETFs. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Finance & Development
June 2009
Data Spotlight: Roller Coaster The latest sharp rise and fall in commodity prices is not the first nor the last. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
June 1, 2011
Craig L. Israelsen
The Rebalancing Premium The principle behind a traditional 60/40 investment portfolio is balancing two asset classes - large-cap U.S. stocks and U.S. bonds. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2008
Brad Zigler
How To Play The Agriculture Game Commodities' popularity with retail investors ebbs and flows with the inflation cycle. Should you invest in the stocks of companies involved in commodity production, ETFs, or futures? mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
May 14, 2007
Lewis Braham
A Two-Way Wager On Commodities Rydex' new fund allows investors to play the ups and downs of the futures market. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
November 1, 2012
Allan S. Roth
Unappealing Alternatives: Investors Flock to Alternative Mutual Funds and ETFs Investors have been flocking to alternative mutual funds and ETFs - and are being punished for it. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
October 2005
David Reilly
Is Risk Really A Four Letter Word? Once esoteric investing strategies, such as managed currency and commodity futures, real estate, short selling, arbitrage and event-driven strategies, allow portfolio risk management to be taken to the next level. Advisers, take note. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Entrepreneur
July 2007
Dian Vujovich
Eureka! Precious natural resources make this fund a real find. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
February 1, 2011
Dan Caplinger
TIPS: Headed for Heartbreak? Inflation-protected bonds aren't invulnerable to a falling bond market. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
June 29, 2015
Brad Zigler
Tough Choices: Alternative Funds In 2015 Once available only to well-heeled investors through privately placed hedge funds, an increasing number of alternative investment strategies can now be found in mutual fund and exchange traded product wrappers. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2006
Todd Wenning
The Best ETF for 2007: Vanguard Materials The commodity markets are a funny place, and, historically, they haven't done much for investors. However, Vanguard Materials ETF is one way to capitalize on global commodity demand. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
April 19, 2011
Brad Zigler
The Error of ETP Ways Investors and their advisors are often surprised by the disparate results obtained from their exchange-traded note and fund allocations. mark for My Articles similar articles