04.06.2015 - Investment: Revaluing commodities
Commodities “couldn’t be hated more”, said the publicity for an investment conference in New York last month. The reason is simple: investors feel let down after a revolutionary attempt to invest in basic materials went horribly wrong. Four years of negative returns for indices tracking futures, with a fifth under way, have undermined the idea that leaving part of one’s portfolio in a basket of oil, natural gas, soyabeans, copper and other commodities was prudent. “There’s zero interest right now from the institutional space,” says Lawrence Loughlin of Drobny Capital, which hosted the conference..............................................Full Article: Source
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