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Commodity Spot Returns
May 14, 2019

Out, Damned Spot: Why Commodity Spot Returns Are Illusory

One of our biggest pet peeves is the media’s tendency to use spot-price returns to report how commodity investors are losing money—even as commodity prices rise. This assumption is simply wrong—we show you why.

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Tim Atwill, PhD, CFA
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Commodity Third Way

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A Third Way of Commodity Investing 

Over the past two decades, commodity investments have moved from the exotic to the commonplace in investors’ portfolios. We find such allocations are typically implemented for two overarching reasons.

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Spot Indexes
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Spot Indexes: Not What You Think They Are

Spot returns in the commodity asset class can be confusing for many investors. Commodity spot indexes were created to address the overarching need for a true indicator of a given commodity’s price for immediate delivery while also avoiding the complexity of various venues and delivery types in the true spot market.

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Commodity Prices and the Strength of the U.S. Dollar

Commodity investors have historically recognized a link between the strength of the U.S. dollar and the prices of commodities.

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