Harvard loaded up on illiquid stakes in private equity partnerships, emerging-market stocks, timberland and other commodities.
The prices of oil and other commodities are surging primarily because of the weak dollar.
Like gold, oil and other commodities, copper mine supply growth has made little headway recently.
What China buys from us are high tech goods and agricultural and other commodities.
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The inherent feature of gold (and other commodities) is that they are real, already produced, goods.
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Costs are rising for companies as the price of oil and other commodities goes up.
Meanwhile, South Korean manufacturers have wiped out Sony's profits on computer monitors, cellphones and other commodities.
And another 17 have sought to cash in on the high price of metals and other commodities.
The most suspect sectors are technology, capital goods and basic industrials, along with oil and other commodities.
Further, Toussaint related, portfolio managers might also be looking at the difference between gold and other commodities for diversification.
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One beneficiary of the tension in Asia will be South Africa, with its wealth of gold and other commodities.
Earlier, a trader said, gold and other commodities found minute support from the HSBC preliminary Purchasing Managers Index for October.
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Businesses could plan without worries about inflation or deflation, or big swings in the price of oil and other commodities.
The price of oil and other commodities would have risen because of the growing demand generated by the booming global economy.
But Deborah says their lifestyle began to change months ago, when the price of fuel, groceries and other commodities shot up.
As many market watchers said in recent weeks, the record highs in equities have siphoned demand away from gold and other commodities.
Or was the better bet to believe University of Illinois' Julian Simon, who said prices for oil and other commodities would drop?
By the late 1970s conversion to a market economy began, including development of export sectors besides the traditional tea and other commodities.
Being in the right business--lately, oil and other commodities--is a big help.
One factor holding the metal back, he said, are some of the recent losses in other markets, such as equities and other commodities.
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It will hold a titanium grip on trading in interest rate futures and indexes, and a firm control over the markets for agricultural and other commodities.
Prices are coming down partly thanks to the beneficial effects of new technology and deregulation, and partly thanks to cheaper oil and other commodities.
The markets react to this threat by bidding up the price of gold, and other commodities (like oil) that can serve as inflation hedges.
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Besides the Chinese data, gold and other commodities also are drawing support from a softer U.S. dollar, said Bob Haberkorn, senior commodities broker with R.
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Loosening an already-accommodative policy helps gold several ways, starting with weakness in the U.S. dollar that in turn tends to support gold and other commodities.
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Remember there is a big difference between gold and other commodities.
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The dollar was firmer off the back of surprisingly strong U.S. gross domestic product figures on Friday, making crude oil and other commodities less attractive.
Hundred-dollar oil prices, creeping inflation in food and other commodities, gold behaving the way it did in 1979--could we be in for a repeat of stagflation?
The warehouse plans to store more corn, wheat and other commodities this year, he said, but those crops do not produce the profit margins rice does.
James Cordier, portfolio manager, Liberty Trading, said a stronger U.S. dollar versus the euro and yen likely played a part in pressuring copper and other commodities.
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