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Financial Planning March 1, 2005	Mutual Fund Monitor Commodities futures have unique diversification properties and, on average, perform well whenever stocks and bonds have done poorly.
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Financial Advisor August 2004 Pauline P. Lam	Commodity Investments Help Diversify Portfolios A new tool--resampled efficiency--helps create optimal allocations. Investors can gain exposure to commodities by investing in commodity index or individual commodity futures contracts. A third option is mutual funds.
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Financial Advisor August 2009 Jeff Schlegel	Seeking Alternatives Managed futures generate interest as people pick up the pieces of their shattered stock and bond portfolios.
The Motley Fool April 29, 2005 Tom Taulli	Playing Commodities With ETFs Commodities are booming. But it's sometimes hard for individual investors to participate. ETFs can make things easier.
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Registered Rep. August 16, 2010 Brad Zigler	Commodity Funds or Commodity Exchange-traded Products? The tumult in the equities markets has forced a lot of investors and advisors to consider diversifying their portfolios with alternative asset classes.
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Financial Advisor November 2007 Jeff Schlegel	New Twists On The Oldest Economy Formerly plodding agriculture is now running in the fast lane, but the run-up in index performances and in the valuations of certain agribusinesses might give investors pause despite the sector's seemingly positive long-term trends.
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On Wall Street May 1, 2011 Robert J. Lindner	Stabilizing Portfolios With Managed Futures Largely ignored by the advisor community, the Managed Futures Index returned 10.23% annualized over the 30-year period ending December 2010. Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index returned an annualized 8.92% and the S&P 500 returned 10.71% annualized.
Registered Rep. April 19, 2011 Brad Zigler	The Error of ETP Ways Investors and their advisors are often surprised by the disparate results obtained from their exchange-traded note and fund allocations.
Financial Advisor February 2012 Eric Uhlfelder	The Future Of Commodities Despite declining prices, observers believe that well-managed investments in commodities can still generate gains.
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