Private Funds: Diversity Pays Off
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Private commodity funds differ from public funds in that they do not have to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Private funds outperformed public funds in 1983; a 2.6 per cent overall gain for private funds as opposed to a 10.2 per cent overall loss for public funds. Three things to consider when investing in a private fund are: how much money have the managing partners invested in the fund, how many consecutive years has the fund shown a gain, and when can your funds be withdrawn. Of the top private funds that showed gains in 1983, six of them are discussed: Floor Trader's Futures Fund (Willis-Jenkins), Capitol Commodity Traders (Dunn Commodities), Resource Funding I (Resource Funding), Controlled Commodity Associates (George Booth and Associates), Apollo I (Hickey Financial Services), and Lawless Livestock Fund (Lawless Commodities).
Publication Name: Futures: Magazine of Commodities & Options
Subject: Business, general
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Year: 1984
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Copper Struggling to Retain Its Dignity
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Chile has mined at total capacity even though the copper supply is peaking. Some blame underlying policies of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the problem. Copper's weak status may be due to wider factors of recession which have hurt the construction industry, the largest copper consumer. Copper substitutes have not helped matters. The principal problem is an oversupply of copper. Copper prices dropped by about one-quarter in 1983. Chile enjoys low production costs, and is expected to continue to be a problem in the metals industry. The strength of the United States dollar has also been a problem for copper prices. In 1982, zinc replaced copper in United States pennies. Copper may well have bottomed out. Prices could approach one dollar by 1985. Tables of comparative international production and consumption data are featured.
Publication Name: Futures: Magazine of Commodities & Options
Subject: Business, general
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Year: 1984
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King of Commodities Indexes Coming to Trading Floor
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The Commodity Research Bureau (CRB) Index may soon be traded as a futures contract. The new home would most likely be the New York Futures Exchange. The CRB Index is an average of the closing futures prices for twenty-seven commodities. The index is unweighted, which gives all commodities the same importance. The contracts will probably not make it to the market by Spring 1984 as originally predicted. The novelty of this index might be its biggest reason for success, since it will be the only index available that is composed of commodities.
Publication Name: Futures: Magazine of Commodities & Options
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