Commodities for Every Portfolio: How You Can Profit from the Long-Term Commodity Boom

Index

A

Active traders

behavior, 32

volatility, benefit, 46

Advisory newsletters

advisor

background, focus, 207

track record, consideration, 207

category search, 206–207

free trial/back issues, request, 207–208

search process, 205–208

usage, 204–208

Agricultural commodities

consumer demand, 16–17

production ability, 20

Agricultural reports, impact, 41

Arbitrage, example, 176

Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), ethanol demand (response), 120

Asset diversification. See Gold

Australia, silver producer, 105

B

Back-test ability. See Trading systems

Backwardation, usage, 38

Baker Hughes International (BHI), 114

Barclay CTA index, 172

Basis, usage, 38

Bear market

impact, 19–20

rally, 53–54

BHI. See Baker Hughes International

BIRMI. See Brookshire International Raw Materials Index

Black Rock Real Investment Fund, 127

Bloomberg, web site, 124

Bonds, long-term performances, 51

Books, usage, 214

Brazil Russia India and China (BRIC) nations, media attention, 10

Brent crude oil, 84

Brokers

cost, reasonableness, 214

expertise, 213

needs, expectations, 213

relationship, leveraging, 212–214

Brookshire International Raw Materials Index (BIRMI), 127–128

ranking, 129f

Brookshire Raw Materials, funds (tracking), 127–128

Brookshire Raw Materials Index Metals (BRMME), 128

ranking, 129f

Bull market. See Gold

broker alliance, 212–213

commodities investment, reason (myth), 49

company appreciation, differentiation, 115

early stages. See Secular bull market

force, 9

goals, management (relationship), 120

participation, ...