UBS launches ETRACS ETN
UBS Investment Bank has launched the ETRACS DJ-UBS Commodity Index 2-4-6 Blended Futures ETN (Ticker: BLND), the first exchange-traded note linked to the next generation of the DJ-UBS Commodity Index, one of the most widely followed, diversified indexes of commodities futures prices. BLND is linked to the Dow-Jones-UBS Commodity Index 2-4-6 Forward Blend Total ReturnSM (Ticker: DJUF246T), an enhanced version of the Dow-Jones-UBS Commodity Index. The Index is constructed as an equally-weighted basket of the two-month, … Read more »
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SCARY OIL by Nouriel Roubini
NEW YORK – Today’s fragile global economy faces many risks: the risk of another flare-up of the eurozone crisis; the risk of a worse-than-expected slowdown in China; and the risk that economic recovery in the United States will fizzle (yet again). But no risk is more serious than that posed by a further spike in oil prices. The price of a barrel of Brent crude, which was well below $100 in 2011, recently peaked at $125. … Read more »
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The world has embraced commodities – Anthony-Daniel Mascia, President & CEO Alternative Investors Corporation
The world claims to have embraced commodities, but has it? “Too much risk” they say. And the stock market isn’t? People’s retirements were wiped away in days and governments keep trying to bail out the bail outs. We live in a world where we don’t invest in the goods that keep us alive and thriving. Shouldn’t we? I began my commodity career on the floor of the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) at 19 years … Read more »
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Managed Futures and “all weather” Portfolio – Interview with Jeff Anthony, Commodity Trader/Broker & Managed Accounts Specialist at Park Avenue Asset Management
Jeff Anthony is a Commodity Trader/Broker & Managed Accounts Specialist with Park Avenue Asset Management. Jeff is a veteran Commodity Futures, Options and Forex trader, and an accomplished financial services professional with over 20 years experience in Securities, Investments, Global trading, Operations, development and execution of global arbitrage, risk, and other derivative trading strategies. Park Avenue Asset Management, an affiliate of Park Avenue Venture Group, is a guaranteed introducing broker of Vision Financial Markets. Established in 2004, Park Avenue Venture Group … Read more »
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Investing in commodities: the inflation hedge
Before 1933, the obligation clause on U.S. Federal Reserve notes stated that they were “Redeemable in gold on demand at the United States Treasury, or in gold or lawful money at any Federal Reserve Bank”. The current notes now state that each note “is legal tender for all debts, public and private” and has removed any reference to being backed by anything but the good faith of the U.S. government. Of course, since 1957, there … Read more »
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