| Investors appear to be focusing on individual commodities more-so than passively buying the entire sector, with gold a beneficiary, says Barclays. Commodities investment surged in the first quarter, with $24.2 billion of inflows and price appreciation bringing assets under management in commodities to $193 billion, the bank calculates.
“Gold has been the primary driver of investment flows so far in 2016, taking over from oil, which was the dominant driver in 2015,” Barclays says. Precious metals had the second-largest quarterly inflows on record at $15.7 billion, the bank says...............................................Full Article: Source
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