Commodities
Learn how commodity investing -- in metals, energy and agricultural crops -- can help enhance portfolio performance and diversify risk.
HedgeStreet Adds Corn, Soybean Hedgelets
By Staff WriterSAN MATEO, Calif. (HedgeWorld.com)--Folks in Illinois with a drought-induced pessimistic outlook about corn and soybean production can now take positions based on their views via HedgeStreet Inc. HedgeStreet now offers so-called Hedgelets on U.S. Department of Agriculture corn and soybean production forecasts. In this case, the Hedgelets are "yes" or...
June 01, 2004
More Than Meets The EyeAppearances can be deceiving, and experts can look at the same data and draw different conclusions. Take Oppenheimer's Real Asset Fund. Its top holdings appear...
June 01, 2004
About The ManagerKevin Baum calls his position as manager of the Oppenheimer Real Asset Fund a great combination of his two loves--investment markets and commodities. How does...
May 17, 2004
Fimat Joins Tokyo Commodities ExchangeTOKYO (HedgeWorld.com)--Fimat Group's Australian branch has become the first foreign firm to join the Tokyo Commodities Exchange. Becoming a member of the exchange, known as TOCOM,...
May 10, 2004
Vega Taps BofA Energy Trading Chief for New FundNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Julian Barrowcliffe joined the New York office of Vega Asset Management, a US$11 billion global macro and bond arbitrage shop, as a managing...