FacebookTwitter

HAI
Unless otherwise indicated, the material below has not been prepared by Van Eck Associates Corporation or HardAssetsInvestor.com.
Neither assumes any liability for any content on a third party website or material prepared by a third party.
  RSS



SECTOR - ASSET ALLOCATION
SEARCH IN RESULTS »

 
The Inequality of Equal-Weighting

World (#11) sugar futures started Friday trying to digest news of ever-building inventories of sweetener piling up in offshore ports ...

Brad Zigler Tuesday, 12 February 2008
 
GSCI Or DJ-AIG?

Which is a better fit for a diversified portfolio: the GSCI or the DJ-AIG?

  • Volatility is your friend
  • How can lower returns mean higher returns?
  • Building a strong asset allocation portfolio
Larry Swedroe Tuesday, 05 February 2008
 
Commodities Make The Economic World Go 'Round - Part II

Robert Hormats, Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs International, talks about the year ahead and what may be in store for the oil market.

  • Oil and ethanol demand
  • Who controls the oil supply?
  • New investors are entering oil markets
Administrator Tuesday, 29 January 2008
 
The New GreenHaven Commodity ETF Examined

A new ETF tied to the old CRB index offers a different take on the commodities market.

  • Huge focus on agriculture and softs
  • How it compares to GSG and DBC
  • Watch the expenses carefully
Julian Murdoch Monday, 28 January 2008
 
31 Flavors

Which is better - traditional commodity indexes or three-month forward indexes? We examine the hard data.

  • A clean sweep for forward indexes
  • The shape of the contango curve
  • What about 3-year indexes?
Julian Murdoch Thursday, 24 January 2008
 
Commodities Make The Economic World Go 'Round - Part I
Robert Hormats, Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs International, talks about the year ahead and what may be in store for the U.S. and China.
  • The possible effects of a rebound in the dollar
  • China's growth rate
  • What happens if there's a recession in the U.S.?
Administrator Tuesday, 22 January 2008
 
Commodities With Extra Bite
If you like (or hate) commodities, you’re going to love the new BetaPro ETFs.
  • Leveraged and inverse-leveraged commodities exposure
  • Do investors really need this?
  • A hedging tool … or a day-trader’s dream?
Murray Coleman, IndexUniverse.com Tuesday, 22 January 2008
 
Rejoice, Citizens, For Transparency!
JPMorgan's doin' it. Why not BNP Paribas or Goldman Sachs? Becoming transparent, I mean. No, not in the Invisible Man sense, but with respect to their newly launched commodity indexes.
Brad Zigler Tuesday, 22 January 2008
 
Early Morning Musing: Correlations Rising?

Looking at the quote boards this morning, I saw lots of red numbers. Let me stress the word LOTS. Commodities and stocks both woke up on the wrong side of bed today.

Brad Zigler Wednesday, 16 January 2008
 
Where's The Confetti?

Back in October (in "Beans In The Teens") we speculated on the possibility of soybeans taking out their 1973 record-high prices.

Brad Zigler Monday, 14 January 2008
 
The Hard Facts On Soft Commodities

Back in the ... er, ah, "old days," there was a quaint institution known as the Coffee, Cocoa and Sugar Exchange. The bourse was the futures trading home of what has become known as "soft commodities" or "softs."

Brad Zigler Friday, 11 January 2008
 
The Trader’s Trinity: Oil, Gold and the Dollar

The new year got off to a rousing start for traders with a bearish outlook on the U.S. economy. For such traders, crude oil, gold and the Yankee greenback are a holy trinity. If two go up (guess which two) and one goes down, all is right in the heavens.

Brad Zigler Thursday, 03 January 2008
 
An Interview With Michael Metz
Michael Metz, chief investment strategist for Oppenheimer & Company, lays out his opinions on each segment of the commodities market.
  • Bullish on oil, bearish on alternative energy
  • The dollar has hit bottom
  • Agriculture looks good, gold may look better

Matt Hougan Thursday, 06 December 2007
 
The Commodities You Already Own
Do you know what commodities are lurking in your S&P 500 equity positions? 
  • Heavy on oil, light on gold
  • Minimal agricultural exposure
  • Developing an asset allocation plan with this in mind

Eli Neusner Wednesday, 14 November 2007
 
Weight Watchers
With the new Rogers International Commodity Index ETN launched, what’s the best index for tapping in to the market?
  • It all comes down to weights
  • Is greasy wool worth including?
  • Comparing performance over the past year

Julian Murdoch Tuesday, 13 November 2007
 
The Chinese Bubble?
Jim Rogers calls China an “incipient bubble.” If that’s true, what does that mean for the commodities market?
  • The source of marginal demand
  • An export- or import-led economy?
  • The AH Premium index
Matt Hougan Monday, 12 November 2007
 
An Interview With Wesley Karger
Wesley Karger manages money for some of the wealthiest families in the world. He spoke with HAI about commodities.
  • An important part of all portfolios
  • Playing the “reflation” theme
  • Is China a bubble?
HardAssetsInvestor.com Monday, 05 November 2007
 
Forward Looking

When investing, it would always be nice to have a magic mirror. One that, with a few incantations and perhaps a sacrifice to Adam Smith, would show us the future. Nowhere would such a mirror be more valuafble than in the volatile world of commodities.

HardAssetsInvestor.com Thursday, 30 August 2007
 
DJ-AIG vs. GSCI

We all know that commodity indexes are different: that they hold different weights of different commodities, and that your choice of index can have a major impact on performance. Recently, Dow Jones announced the annual rebalance of the Dow Jones - AIG Commodity Index, or DJ-AIG.

HardAssetsInvestor.com Tuesday, 21 August 2007
 
Taste Test

With the June 1st launch of the Dubai Mercantile Exchange's (DME) sour crude contract (DME:OQ) we're off to the races to see which sour crude contract tastes better to investors. The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) beat DME to the punch by 10 days, launching the Middle East Sour Crude Future on May 21.

HardAssetsInvestor.com Tuesday, 05 June 2007
 
Page 7 of 8
Subscribe to Our Weekly Newsletter 
 

Commodities Data

September 08, 2010 10:35 AM EST

  Loading data ...
View All Charts
 

Weekly Commodities Poll

Do you think futures-based ETFs have a significant effect on commodities prices?
 

Seminal Papers »

 

Institutional Commodity Investors »