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From Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:

Switzerland-based asset management firm Tiberius said in its October market commentary report that the month had brought a vigorous uptrend in the commodities sector. The Dow Jones UBS commodity Index (DJUBS) finished the month up 3.3% after surging to almost 9% in mid-October. A somewhat better performance was turned in by the energy-heavy indices, the S&P Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (+5.9%) and Rogers International Commodity Index (+5.8%).

Agriculturals also had a positive month, with corn and soybeans making a particularly steep climb in recent weeks. All markets were able to hit new annual highs in October.

But not everybody is upbeat on the commodities outlook. A report by WSJ.com last week said that the flood of investor's cash flowing into commodities is slowing down amid worries prices could fall and evidence some of the popular commodity investment products have failed to live up to their promises. A total of $50bn plowed into commodities so far this year, but only $2.2bn of new money flowed into commodities in October, the lowest inflow since July.

Performance of Tiberius active commodity funds October was a successful month for Tiberius long-only funds both in absolute and relative terms. Absolute performance ranged between 4.2% and 5.7%..

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