| After one of the worst years in memory for commodity funds, even the few managers who found a way to make money last year say they expect a difficult start to 2015. Collapsing oil and grain prices caused havoc for commodity funds in 2014, with the average actively managed fund in the Lipper Global Commodity sector losing 14.35 percent. Big names abandoned the field altogether, and investors redeemed billions.
A handful of managers were nevertheless able to exploit the sudden mid-year surge in volatility and the fall in prices. But even they expect a difficult 2015 with pressure on prices to fall further...............................................Full Article: Source
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