Futures and Commodities
My name is Bond: T-Bond
- Bonds, especially government bonds, are considered safe investments, when compared to stocks, futures and options. Well, in theory, that might be right, provided that the government has a good credit rating in order to decrease the default risk and it will pay back the loan.
- Tuesday, July 31 - 2007 at 16:52 |
A golden opportunity?
- After hitting $700 per ounce in May, gold has retreated since then by nearly 9%. A similar situation occurred in February and March, following the world wide stock market mini crash. Gold also was being dragged down.
- Tuesday, July 03 - 2007 at 09:56 |
Black gold rising to the top?
- In August 2006 the oil price, West Texas Intermediate, reached an all time high of around $80 per barrel. This rally had been driven by the war between Israel and Lebanon in June and July. Also, the hurricane season had put upward pressure on oil prices.
- Saturday, June 23 - 2007 at 13:15 |
Trading in oil
- The Dubai Mercantile Exchange will be opening its doors for oil trading business on June 1. This exchange is jointly owned by the American NYMEX, the Omani Ministry of Finance and Tatweer, a holding company in Dubai.
- Tuesday, May 29 - 2007 at 11:56 |
Structured products and commodities
- How can structured products be implemented in your portfolio? This question is particularly interesting in respect of commodities because direct investments in commodities are considered a Mission Impossible.
- Tuesday, May 15 - 2007 at 16:40 |
Structured products and commodities
- How can structured products be implemented in your portfolio? This question is particularly interesting in respect of commodities because direct investments in commodities are considered a Mission Impossible.
- Tuesday, May 15 - 2007 at 16:33 |
Commodities, types & categories
- I have written many articles in this column about all kinds of commodities, but how various are they? Commodities can, in fact, be divided into many groups.
- Saturday, April 21 - 2007 at 10:18 |
Nickelodeon
- Nickel is hot, so let's have a look at it. But first, some figures: The price of this metal reached a new high in March, over $50.000 per ton, but then it fell by over 13%. At the end of 2005, nickel traded at around $12.500.
- Thursday, March 29 - 2007 at 16:07 |
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