Product Description

Since 2002, commodities have outperformed every other asset class including stocks, mutual funds and real estate. If you’re itching to get in on the fun and profit, Commodities For Dummies is the resource you need to find out how to break into the commodities market and understand how to trade and prosper.

You’ll discover:

• How commodities stack up against other investment vehicles
• How to identify, manage, and overcome risk
• The pros and cons of futures, equities, ETFs and mutual funds
• Specific techniques for analyzing and trading in commodities
• Powerful profits in energy—crude oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear, and alternatives
• What you need to know about trading in metals—precious and not–so–precious
• How to grow your portfolio with farm products

Featuring time–tested rules for investment success, this comprehensive, user–friendly guide helps you minimize risk, maximize profit, and find the shortest route to Easy Street.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #198309 in Books
• Published on: 2006-12-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

From the Back Cover
Grow your portfolio through energy, metals, and agricultural products

Get more bang for your buck in the commodities market and start trading today

Looking to cash in on commodities? This plain–English guide gives you the basics on breaking into the market, dispelling common myths, and presenting a wide range of trading and investing strategies. It will help you diversify your portfolio, measure risk, and apply market analysis techniques. You′ll also see how commodities stack up against other assets and how to avoid investing pitfalls.

Discover how to

• Choose the right fund for you
• Develop a solid investment strategy
• Understand commodities exchanges
• Identify and minimize risk
• Find a reputable broker
• Profit from global market trends

About the Author
Amine Bouchentouf is President and Chief Executive Officer of Renaissance Investment Advisors LLC. Renaissance is an international financial advisory firm headquartered in New York City, which provides long–term strategic advice to individuals, institutions, and governments around the world.
Amine is a world–renowned market commentator and analyst and has appeared in media in the United States, Great Britain, France, the United Arab Emirates, and Brazil. He is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers and the Authors Guild and is also involved with the Council on Foreign Relations. He offers regular market intelligence briefings through the Web site www.commodities–investor.com.

Customer Reviews

Get the Facts Right!
I wanted a book that would give me a good overview of the commodities markets and explain some of the trading principles used. This book doesn't do it.

How can you trust a book that makes very basic errors; within the introduction the author makes reference to "ferrous metals and these include metals such as zinc". All the base metals including Zinc are Non-ferrous, which anybody that had traded them or studied the markets would know. Checkout the LME's website - the biggest exchange for base metals.

The description of 'Contango' and 'Backwardation', key areas for any commodities trader is very poor. They are simply describe as prices going up and prices going down; no mention of cost of carry or convergence yields - both absolute key areas.

This book is light weight, inaccurate and poorly written and not up to the usually 'For Dummies' standards.

I wish I could get my money back.