Commodities by H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck, Jeffrey H. Harris - 9780190656010

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CommoditiesMarkets, Performance, and Strategies\nAuthor(s): H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck, Jeffrey H. Harris\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Oxford University Press Inc, United States\nImprint: Oxford University Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9780190656010, 978-0190656010\nSynopsis\nCommodities: Markets, Performance, and Strategies provides a comprehensive view of commodity markets by describing and analyzing historical commodity performance, vehicles for investing in commodities, portfolio strategies, and current topics. It begins with the basics of commodity markets and various investment vehicles. The book then highlights the unique risk and return profiles of commodity investments, along with the dangers from mismanaged risk practices. The book also provides important insights into recent developments, including high frequency trading, financialization, and the emergence of virtual currencies as commodities. Readers of Commodities: Markets, Performance, and Strategies can gain an in-depth under.