Commodities are considered a volatile financial and investment product by investment analysts.
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Dusseldorf The price of oil is currently making a comeback. After trending down for nine months, it has been rising again for almost three weeks. At the start of the week, the production cut by the OPEC plus oil association caused the price to shoot up by up to eight percent, and things continued to rise on Tuesday.
The example shows that it can also be lucrative for private investors to deal with commodities as investments. Not only because attractive returns are possible with the right timing, but also because the depot is more broadly based with commodities such as oil, gas and industrial metals and is therefore more crisis-proof. Because commodities have historically moved independently of stocks.
One way investors can invest is through exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The Handelsblatt spoke to experts about what actively trading investors should look out for and what differentiates ETFs and what alternatives there are for passive investors with a long investment horizon.
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