Here are the best- and worst-performing commodities in the first half of 2019 | Metals Mine

  • Here are the best- and worst-performing commodities in the first half of 2019

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    Commodities have fared well in the first half of 2019, with a key index that tracks them already set to recoup the loss it suffered last year. This year, through Thursday, the S&P GSCI Index SPGSCI, -1.15% which tracks 24 commodities across five sectors, with energy its largest weighting, was up about 15%. It fell just over 15% last year. The Bloomberg Commodity Index BCOM, -0.66% which tracks 23 commodities, with gold the heaviest-weighted, has climbed more than 4%. “Given the obsession with trade wars, who would have thought commodity prices are actually up for the year?” says Leigh Goehring, managing ... (full story)

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bulltrap
Jun 28, 2019 6:28pm
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I wonder if the BCOM rebalances as often as the GSCI. If enough of these indices chose to adjust their weight of gold one way or the other it could have some serious price implications.
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676f6c64
Jun 28, 2019 3:50pm
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That lady's head hides all the chart headers on the left. He is the chart without the head:

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