My guess is that
a diversified basket of commodities would do OK, but it would definitely be interesting to see how investors would react to this situation.
As the current market regime wanes, we believe a case can be made for dynamic strategies that are responsive to changing market conditions, in particular, managed futures strategies that take long / short positions across
a diversified basket of commodity and financial market futures.
Not exact matches
Since sector - and
commodity - specific funds are not
diversified and focus their investments entirely in a single sector,
commodity, or
basket of commodities, the funds will involve a greater degree
of risk than an investment in other
diversified fund types.
Investment in ETFs gives an investor exposure to specific sectors, a
basket of stocks,
commodities and other relevant products, thus helping him
diversify his / her investments.
They also share with mutual funds the benefit
of providing access to
diversified baskets of stocks, bonds or
commodities, and providing access to both broad markets and more specialized regions, sectors or themes.