Natural resources are taking up more space in portfolios as investors seek to diversify. Joanne Young reports on the growing number of options available in ETPs
Natural resources ETPs have been enjoying a boom of late. Not only have returns over the past six months consistently reached double figures, but investors are increasingly turning to natural resources as a means of portfolio diversification and as an inflation hedge. ETF Securities recently revealed assets in global commodity ETPs hit record highs at the end of the first quarter of this year. At $174bn, the asset class remains a relatively minor segment of the industry, but it is one that is attracting more and more headlines. The performance of the market also seems to be inspirin...
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