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 ...

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 ...

Invest in all types of commodities with Interactive Brokers. Investors can make money with various assets, not just stocks and real estate. Expanding to different asset classes helps investors ...

With their ability to act as an inflation hedge, diversifier and return enhancer, commodities should be considered an important portfolio allocation over the long term. Commodities tend to offer three ...

Gold is widely recognized as both a commodity and a store of value. Traded globally on major exchanges, it holds intrinsic worth and serves as a hedge against inflation, currency fluctuations, and ...

The problem with the idea of a structural shift to commodities in the future and why it hasn’t happened in the past is due to the drivers of commodity prices. While the commodity trade is certainly ...

This article was written by Jim Wiederhold, Commodity Indices Product Manager at Bloomberg. Commodities are unique, with their drivers of performance differing from the more traditional asset classes.