by Gino D'Alessio | Dec 5, 2015 | Commodities, Portfolio Management
Commodities are known for being positively linked to inflation and therefore offer protection in periods of high inflation when traditional assets perform poorly. However holding physical commodities is neither practical nor desirable. Storage and transportation costs... by Michael Panzner | Nov 23, 2015 | Commodities, Managed Futures
Following decades of solid performance, commodity trading advisors (CTAs)–who are regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and who may trade or invest in equity, fixed-income, currency or commodity futures–have been in something of a... by Gino D'Alessio | Nov 20, 2015 | Precious Metals
Benchmarking an investment is a necessary procedure to analyze the performance of a manager compared to his peers or an index if it is a fund with a buy and hold strategy. It allows you to identify a manager’s performance compared to other managers, which is... by Renee Ann Breiten | Nov 19, 2015 | Commodities
Most financial advisors tell their clients to keep around 5-10 percent of their portfolios in commodities. The idea is that they act as a hedge to reduce volatility in investment portfolios. According to a 2010 study by Mercer et al. published in the American... by Gino D'Alessio | Oct 26, 2015 | Commodities
There are fundamentally 2 reasons for including Commodities within a Portfolio, diversification and return enhancement. We will have a look at why Commodities may be good for diversification, therefore reducing overall risk and in what way they may enhance returns of...
