Commodities for all

Commodity investing has historically been the preserve of sophisticated institutional investors. The need for trading infrastructure and expertise to transact effectively in the futures and options markets has kept out many smaller investors. The domination of large institutional investors has also been propagated by the perception that commodities are a highly volatile and speculative asset class not suitable for regular investors. All that has changed over the past few years with increasing investor awareness of the long-term portfolio benefits of holding commodities and the introductio...