Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...
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What Are Commodities?

Commodities are a vital part of the global economy and are essential in the production of goods and services. The term "commodities" refers to raw materials such as metals, energy, agricultural ...
A defining feature of CMCITR is its greater allocation to industrial metals and reduced allocation to precious metals ...
Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy LLC, and has more than three decades of experience as a business executive. He is a professor of economics and has raised more than $4.5 billion in ...
Commodity currencies, as the name suggests, are intrinsically tied to the fortunes of commodity markets. They represent economies whose prosperity is intricately linked to the extraction, processing ...
In this series on portfolio basics, I’ll explain some of the fundamentals of putting together sound portfolios. I’ll start with some of the most widely used types of investments and walk through what ...
Under the CEA, the CFTC has exclusive jurisdiction over transactions in “commodity interests,”[9] meaning that only the CFTC can promulgate regulations as well as prosecute fraud and manipulation in ...
Tokenized commodities represent fractional ownership of real-world assets using digital tokens on a blockchain while preserving their tangible value. Tokenized commodities are digital versions of real ...
Bank of America predicts commodities will outperform bonds until the end of the decade. A structural rise in inflation could drive demand for commodities like oil and gold, according to the bank.
A generational demand shock and global supply constraints have the commodity sector poised for a shift unseen since the 1970 supercycle. Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF has been a top ...