Commodities

Is Gold On The Decline?

May 20, 2011
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Billionaire hedge fund manager George Soros is selling some of his gold holdings.  Many investors have been confident in buying gold because he has been purchasing large quantities of it over the past couple of years.  This may be a sign that the gold bubble is starting to deflate. Soros Hedge Fund Slashes Gold Investment [...]

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Is Energy A Good Investment?

May 5, 2011
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First Reserve has just raised $1.2 billion for a new global energy fund.  First Reserve has had success in the past with their energy funds. First Reserve energy infrastructure fund closes at $1.2bn Global energy focused private investor First Reserve has closed its energy infrastructure fund at over $1.2bn, following the $9bn close of its [...]

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Will Crop Delays Hurt Hedge Funds?

May 4, 2011
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One of the most popular commodities markets has been corn.  Many hedge funds have had to change their buying strategy because of the late planting of the crops. Corn crop delays hit hedge funds By Javier Blas Hedge funds are getting entangled in the corn market. One of the most profitable trades in agricultural commodities [...]

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India Attracts Foreign Mining Investment

April 27, 2011
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Halcyon Finance and Capital Advisors have recently bought two iron-ore mines in India.  With iron-ore prices being where they are this could play out as successful investment for these companies. Halcyon Partnership Buys Two Mines By Divya Guha of Mint NEW DELHI — Halcyon Finance and Capital Advisors Pvt. Ltd. has acquired two mines in [...]

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Is The Ethanol Private Investments Facade Over?

March 26, 2011
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John Shenk wrote an interesting article debunking the myths about ethanol and biofuel. Ultimately the question still is- Where is the solution? The renewed prospect of $4.00 or even $5.00 per gallon gasoline has brought greater urgency, if not clarity, to a debate about national energy policy. Predictably, the response of liberal energy navel-gazers has [...]

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Private Investments: Commodities

February 22, 2011
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What is the worst major asset class to invest in right now? Research suggests the asset class that offers the poorest long-term returns from today’s valuation levels is commodities. Historically, commodities have generated astonishingly low returns. Based on the Foundation for the Study of Cycles data, from 1264 to 2010 commodities went up 0.70% on [...]

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Lorem Ipsum

February 10, 2011
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Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but …

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