Tue, Mar 19, 2024
A A A
Welcome Guest
Free Trial RSS pod
Get FREE trial access to our award winning publications
A SQUARE

The Merrill Lynch Commodity Alpha Certificate

Monday, April 02, 2007
Is designed to generate commodity based performance in bull and bear markets.

A SQUARE :: 02Apr07 The Merrill Lynch Commodity Alpha Certificate
Category Commodity Alpha
Author Sona Blessing
Focus:

The certificate offers investors access to low volatility generated, “commodity alpha” which is captured by its underlying, the Merrill Lynch Commodity Index Extra Excess Return (MLCXER) against its benchmark
index, the Goldman Sachs Commodity Excess Return Index(GSCIER)

Download this research The many benefits of an A SQUARE subscription Recommend to a friend

<< A SQUARE archive sorted by date    << A SQUARE archive sorted by category

 Article link
More research related to Commodity Alpha

[03Jan13] [Commodity, Collectibles] Investment and commercial grade diamonds
An asset class analysis

Download

[30Oct12] [Commodity] Investing in gold
Research on the safe haven properties of gold and a fund launch

Download

[08Oct12] [Commodity, Real Estate, Infrastructure] Real asset-based equities
Analyzing the performance of commodity-based equities, REITs and listed infrastructure-based equities

Download

[04Mar12] [Commodity] Empirical performance of gold
The hedging and safe haven properties of gold

Download

[09Oct11] [Commodity] Alternative gold assets
The diversification, hedging and safe haven properties of alternative gold assets

Download

[27Jan11] [Commodity] A SQUARE 28 Jan 2011
Agriculture commodities

Download

[16Sep10] [Commodity] A SQUARE 17 Sep 2010
Investing in commodities

Download

[21Mar10] [Commodity] The base & precious metals market in 2010

Download

[17Jun09] [Commodity] Fund invests across the entire commodity spectrum via futures, options, physical trading
Directional trades, calendar spreads relative value YTD performance (as of 31, May09): +13.76%

Download

[27May09] [Commodity] Tactical and strategic insights on managing a commodity fund
Whilst the amount of economic stimulus is unprecedented, the activity in physical commodity, such as copper, has begun to slow in relation to the first four months of 2009.

Download

[21May09] [Commodity] Tactical and strategic insights on managing a commodity fund
Whilst the amount of economic stimulus is unprecedented, the activity in physical commodity, such as copper, has begun to slow in relation to the first four months of 2009.

Download

[04Mar09] [Commodity] Expertise and insights on investing in “softs”
The increased presence of speculators has affected volatility and short-term price movements, not long-term price levels.

Download

[04Mar09] [Commodity] A systematic fund
Fund’s investment advisor has extensive experience and expertise in trading commodities

Download

[10Dec08] [Commodity] A Commodity Fund
Managed by specialists with 20 years of experience in trading oil and metals + 19.75% from Jan. -Nov.’08

Download

[12Nov08] [Commodity, Volatility] A fund that focuses on trading energy related commodity, equity futures
YTD return as of 31Oct. ’08 of +30.88%

Download

[13Oct08] [Commodity] Expertise on gold as a strategic asset - Special
Gold has generally been less volatile than other precious metals and other commodities.

Download

[07Aug08] [Commodity] Short and Leveraged ETCs
Commodity exposure: How do they differ from a short /leveraged position?

Download

[24Jul08] [Commodity] Why hasn't the price of pulp risen as rapidly as some other commodities?
Prospects of investing in pulp

Download

[07Apr08] [Commodity /Natural Resources] Fund of funds - Invests with managers that have commodity and natural resource “specific” exposure only
Fund of funds seeks to identify and invest with the „best of breed“ manager in the respective commodity, natural resource sector

Download

[26Mar07] [Alpha Generation] Pure Alpha Certificate
How the certificates underlying fund identifies, isolates and generates alpha

Download
Previous Opalesque Exclusives                                  
Previous Other Voices                                               
Access Alternative Market Briefing


  • Top Forwarded
  • Top Tracked
  • Top Searched
  1. KKR raises $6.4bn for the largest pan-Asia infrastructure fund[more]

    Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The New York-based global investment firm KKR has raised a record $6.4bn for its second Asia-focused infrastructure fund, underlining investors' continued appetite for private markets. According to a media release from the alternative assets manager, the figure top

  2. Bucking the trend, top hedge fund makes plans for a second SPAC[more]

    From Institutional Investor: SPACs aren't dead. At least not to the folks at Cormorant Asset Management. The life sciences firm, whose hedge fund topped its peers in 2023, is confident it will match the success of its first blank-check company. Last week, the life sciences and biopharma speciali

  3. Benefit Street Partners closes fifth fund on $4.7 billion[more]

    Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Benefit Street Partners has closed its fifth flagship direct lending vehicle, BSP Debt Fund V, with $4.7 billion of investable capital across the strategy. Benefit Street invests primarily in privately originated, floating rate, senior secured loans. The fun

  4. 4 hedge fund themes that are working in 2024[more]

    From The Street: A poor earnings report from Tesla (TSLA) has not hurt the indexes on Thursday. The decline in Tesla stock, which is losing its position in the Magnificent Seven pantheon, is more than offset by strong earnings from IBM (IBM) and ServiceNow (NOW) . In addition, the much higher-t

  5. Opalesque Exclusive: A global macro fund eyes opportunities in bonds[more]

    Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: Munich-based ThirdYear Capital rebounded in 2023, following a tough year for global macro. The firm's flagship ART Global Macro strategy finished the year up 1