| Following the crash of 2008, the broad commodities space went on an upward tear. Since the end of February 2009, the Dow Jones UBS Commodity Index gained 59.3%. During the same period, investor interest in the space has increased dramatically as assets to (non-equity-based) commodity-focused exchange-traded products increased by nearly 278%.
In a historical context, a broadly based commodities position has been found, within a well-diversified portfolio, to provide the benefits of inflationary hedging and diversification away from the correlation of traditional asset classes.............................................Full Article: Source
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