Commodities
Learn how commodity investing -- in metals, energy and agricultural crops -- can help enhance portfolio performance and diversify risk.
New Commodities ETF
By Staff WriterThe Greenhaven Continuous Commodity Index Fund (GCC) is the latest entrant in the fast growing arena of commodity ETFs. The fund will track the Continuous Commodity...
September 01, 2007
Rydex's Innovative Managed Futures FundThe Standard & Poor's Diversified Trends Indicator on which the Rydex Managed Futures Fund (RYMTX) is based is an index composed of 14 sectors, equally...
July 01, 2007
Commodities Garner RespectIf soaring commodity prices haven't caught your attention, maybe the rising number of exchange-traded products tracking them has. Halfway through the second quarter of 2007,...
December 01, 2006
Roiled By OilConventional wisdom suggests that oil prices increased eightfold, from less than $10 per barrel in 1999 to a peak of $77 per barrel in mid-2006,...
August 01, 2006
Not-So-Minor MinersThe past four years have been a "dream come true" for commodities bulls, and this could be only the tip of a commodities iceberg. Oil...
July 01, 2006
Emerging Markets, Commodities Hit by Price Corrections, OutflowsInvestors have reacted to recent market trends by pulling money out of equity funds, especially emerging-market and commodity-based investments. Emerging Portfolio Fund Research tracked some...
March 23, 2006
Optimistic About International Political RisksU.S. Funds' Frank Holmes accepts award