Commodities
Learn how commodity investing -- in metals, energy and agricultural crops -- can help enhance portfolio performance and diversify risk.
The Commodities Blame Game
By Staff WriterWho's to blame for soaring commodity prices? Inquiring minds want to know. How do we explain crude's rapid ascent from $50 a barrel at the beginning...
July 24, 2008
Pump and dump, distort and shortI like Chris Cox (try saying it like Sir Mix-A-lot). I liked him as a congressman, and I like him (mostly) as SEC chairman. Even...
July 08, 2008
Food for fuel, not peopleIf you invest in a commodities fund, are you a speculator? According to the G-8's definition, apparently so. But even if you are, who cares?...
July 01, 2008
Seeking Bulls, BearsWhether you love commodities or hate them, there's something here for everyone. Deutsche Bank has launched four exchange-traded notes that offer both leveraged and inverse exposure...
June 24, 2008
Speculators -- Victims or vultures?Both presidential candidates would have you believe speculators are an evil, sub-human form of life coming to eat your children. The facts, regardless of the...
April 01, 2008
Greenhaven Tracks ReutersAs the interest in commodity investments grows, ETF providers are trying to meet that demand. The Greenhaven Continuous Commodity Index Fund (GCC) is the latest...
April 01, 2008
Optimism on Gold-ETF OptionsIt appears the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have agreed to resolve jurisdictional authority with regard to...
April 01, 2008
Commodities Shine in Current MarketThe bull market that left the stock market has rediscovered itself in commodities. One of the latest commodity funds to hit the ETF market is the...