Commodity investments grew for the first time since August as prices of coffee to cocoa to hogs surged, and the trend may continue, Barclays Plc said. Raw-materials assets under management expanded $13 billion last month to $327 billion, with exchange traded products gaining $6 billion, the bank said.
Investors added $2 billion to commodities from precious metals to agriculture and energy, while rising prices also boosted the assets. The Standard & Poor’s GSCI gauge of 24 raw materials rose 4.4 percent last month, the most since July...............................................Full Article: Source
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