Commodities

ING IM's strategist Koen Straetmans reviews the commodities market, looking at recent performance and flows in the asset class, and the risks it faces.

Mirabaud Asset Management's global equities manager Anu Narula has outlined his three best themes to plug into global growth and the economic recovery.

Henderson Global Investors' head of multi-asset Bill McQuaker has urged investors not to write off gold despite the recent slump in the price of the precious metal.

George Soros has reportedly made £40m in a day through a short position on the Australian dollar.

BP has reported an uptick in profits in the first quarter, although profits fell 9% compared to Q1 2012 as the group continues to sell off assets to pay for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Gold has fallen deep into bear market territory after holders of the precious metal dumped it en masse over the past few days, but does this represent a major opportunity for canny investors to buy back in?

M&G's Graham French has been selling down his exposure to commodities after falling prices and a ‘poorly managed' sector hit the performance of his Global Basics fund last year.

The price of gold has fallen through $1,600 for the first time in six months as investors continue to pile into risk assets such as equities.

Artemis Investment Management co-founder John Dodd has backed financier Nathan Rothschild in his boardroom battle over coal miner Bumi.

As risk appetite returns and investors begin to dip their toes back into European equity markets, S&P Capital IQ Equity Research has revealed its ten ‘power picks' for 2013 from the European stock universe.