| As a believer in the power of diversification and inflation protection a basket of commodities can provide in a passive index framework, it is hard to grasp how much investors love oil and gold. It must be that oil is the biggest, most economically significant commodity, and gold is the shiniest, most prized metal – arguably a currency in its own right.
From the largest pensions in the world to the smallest mom-and-pop retail investors, oil and gold dominate the conversation. In Taipei this week, gold and oil were louder than ever. It is an exciting time for greater China as the first commodity futures exchange-traded funds are soon to be launched...............................................Full Article: Source
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