With inflation returning after being dormant for decades, many investors have had a renewed interest in adding inflation fighting assets to their portfolios. But figuring out how to do that…
Tag: commodities
Silver Has Dropped. It Might Be Time To Buy
“A compelling argument can be made that 2022 will be a good year for silver,” says Edmund Moy, senior IRA strategist for the U.S. Money Reserve and former director of…
Commodities Gauges Underpin Goldman’s Bullish Stance
A top Goldman Sachs analyst says “we’re out of everything” and that commodities futures contracts trading are in backwardation at rates nots seen since 1997, reports an article in Bloomberg.…
Commodities Set to Boom after 10 Years of Underperformance
Natural resources like energy, metals and agriculture “look set for an extended run, and investors should get on board,” says a recent article in Barron’s. The article reports that, according…
Wheat and Oil to Spice Up Returns for Patient Investors
In a recent Wall Street Journal article, columnist Jason Zweig explains how investing in commodities can pay off. Even though assets like oil and gas, corn, wheat, hogs and nickel…
Goldman: Commodities Will Surge This Year
Goldman Sachs is predicting 17 percent returns in the commodities market in coming months, according to an article in Bloomberg. In a report from the firm, analysts stated, “Given the…
Commodity Indexing May Be Futile
Index investing in the commodities market hasn’t done so well, according to an article in The Wall Street Journal. The article cites data from Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at…
Oil Hedge Funds Struggling
Some of the biggest commodity hedge funds are shutting down despite a rally in raw materials during the past year, according to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal.…
Big Oil and Big Tech Offer Different Opportunities for Investors
“There are two great times to make money in stock markets,” according to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal: “the post-crash rebound and the end-of-cycle excess. Oil and technology…
5 Commodity Picks for an Inflationary Environment
Along with its recent rate increase, the Fed has upgraded its growth and inflation forecasts—and this could bode well for commodity stocks, writes Validea CEO John Reese in in his…