Add Commodities to Your Portfolio

Two finance professors have researched the last 44 years of commodities futures prices and have found that they have averaged almost 1% a month since 1959 with average total returns each year at 11%. These figures consistently outperform stock returns but many people are unwilling to dabble into commodities and especially commodities futures saying that it is to much of a gamble. This story explains some history and figures for commodities and might change some peoples thinking, a diverse portfolio is the way to go and commodities have their place.

Precious Commodities
"Even if you have missed the run-up in copper, oil and gold so far, you ought to think about adding hard assets to your portfolio. Futures give you a kind of diversification you can't get from stocks and bonds".
Forbes Money & Investing

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