iamdamosuzuki Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 I've got about 5k to invest in the near future. Been a bit frightened of equities. Are there any commodities that look a good bet - with good returns so willing to take a bit of risk. Probably a straight commodity or index ETF, otherwise I'm looking at a fund manager. I'm not particularly knowledgable, so hopefully this makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habeas Domus Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 GLD http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=GLD#symbol=gld;range=1y;compare=;indicator=volume;charttype=area;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=off;source=; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver surfer Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 I've got about 5k to invest in the near future. Been a bit frightened of equities. Are there any commodities that look a good bet - with good returns so willing to take a bit of risk. Probably a straight commodity or index ETF, otherwise I'm looking at a fund manager. I'm not particularly knowledgable, so hopefully this makes sense. There's quite a gap between fund managers and etf/commodities. Relax and do some more home work before leaping in. Nothing wrong with staying liquid in cash for a bit longer while you evaluate options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porca misèria Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 I've got about 5k to invest in the near future. Been a bit frightened of equities. Are there any commodities that look a good bet - with good returns so willing to take a bit of risk. Probably a straight commodity or index ETF, otherwise I'm looking at a fund manager. I'm not particularly knowledgable, so hopefully this makes sense. Um ... commodities are higher risk than bigger-cap equities ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearwithasorehead Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Um ... commodities are higher risk than bigger-cap equities ... +1 - a bit of a strange attitude on the part of the OP - ETFs and commodity funds can be opaque and much more risky than a blue-chip divi payer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
levoleurdefruits Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Good article in last weeks economist about ETFs and the risks particularly of synthetic ETFs and leveraged ETFs, contango and counterparty risk. Verdict "many ETFs probably unsuitable for the private investor" For example, look at LNGA (leveraged natural gas). The price of natural gas has not changed by all that much, but each unit bought for 87 DOLLARS in 2008 would now be worth 34 CENTS. A potentially amazing tool of wealth transfer- from you, to someone else! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraft Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 If ZSL drops below 16 again I'm buying some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLASH_2007 Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Good article in last weeks economist about ETFs and the risks particularly of synthetic ETFs and leveraged ETFs, contango and counterparty risk. Verdict "many ETFs probably unsuitable for the private investor" For example, look at LNGA (leveraged natural gas). The price of natural gas has not changed by all that much, but each unit bought for 87 DOLLARS in 2008 would now be worth 34 CENTS. A potentially amazing tool of wealth transfer- from you, to someone else! Agreed, I used to regualary trade etfs about 3 years ago. The ones which are backed by physical metals are fine but the ones I bought which were backed by options seemed to have no relation to he price of the actual commodity whatsoever if held over anything other than a short period of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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