| Commodity investments may rise by $30 billion to $40 billion this year as investors favor oil, gold and copper, Barclays Capital said. The projected gain compares with an increase of $15 billion to $30 billion forecast in a Barclays survey of more than 100 institutional investors in Europe and the U.S. Assets in commodities climbed $15 billion last year, the least since 2002, to $399 billion, Barclays said.
“Investors expect to see a good, healthy year in terms of commodity inflows,” Kevin Norrish, an analyst at Barclays in London, said last week. “It's not going to be one of the strongest years ever, but it's going to be a strong recovery over 2011.”..............................................Full Article: Source
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