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Commodities•Coffee, Sugar, Cocoa, Cotton, Orange Juice. CRB Index
Currency•US Dollar index, Euro based pairs, Dollar based pairs, cross rates
Financials• Russell Equity Indexes, NYSE Composite Index
The New York Board of Trade The Global Market Place
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Annual Nybot Combined Futures and Options Volume
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Annual Nybot AG Combined Futures and Options Volume
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Annual Nybot Equity Combined Futures and Options Volume
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• Inflation Hedge– Investment which reflects inflation associated with hard
assets
• Diversification – Un-correlated asset class versus stocks and bonds– Good hedge against negative bond performance– Reflects wage inflation inherent in plan sponsor liabilities
• Profit from an inefficient market
• Huberman (1995), Strongin (1995), Froot (1996), Schneeweis (1997), Georgiev (2001)
Why Commodities?
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Equities
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20% Commodities
60% Equity
40% Bonds
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18% Bonds
22% Commodities
Historic Research
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COMMODITIES : A View from the Pit
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Index Provider 1996 1998 Jun’02 Dec’02 Jun’03
Russell 18.5 27.9 39.3 41.4 45.5
S&P 73.6 64.6 49.9 46.7 42.5
Wilshire 1.1 1.2 1.6 1.9 1.7
NASDAQ 2.0 1.2 0.8 0.6 0.6
Lipper 1.4 1.5 0.8 0.7 0.6
Dow Jones 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3
Other 2.8 3.2 7.3 8.4 8.8
Percent of US Equity Investment Products Reporting a Benchmark
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Percent of US Equity Investment Product Assets Reporting a Benchmark
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If this trend continues at the same rate, assets
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those benchmarked to S&P Indexes in the next
12 months
Index Provider Jun’02 Dec’02 Jun’03
S&P 62.5 57.4 49.8
Russell 28.1 32.3 38.9
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R1000G-R1000V Optimal Stlye Switch R 1000 Plus Optimal Style Overlay
Style Timing Performance
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ATC – Automated Trading Card
EOR – Electronic Order Routing
OBMS – Order Book Management system