Investors are buying metals from zinc to aluminum at the fastest pace since 2009, betting demand gains will tighten supply, just as Citigroup Inc. and Macquarie Group Ltd. predict this year’s rallies will end.
Exchange-traded funds in the U.S. backed by base metals took in new money this year equal to 18 percent of their market capitalization, more than any commodity group, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Hedge funds are the most bullish on copper in at least eight years, after spending March and most of April betting prices would drop. The Bloomberg Industrial Metals Subindex is heading for its biggest annual gain since 2010...............................................Full Article: Source
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