In this article, we evaluate the performance of each commodity group according to factors such as revenue, volume and average revenue per car.
McGinn had the semiconductor group dump commodity chips in favor of digital signal processors.
Others provide entry into commodities markets or let you buy a group of commodity producers.
Rohit Savant, senior commodity analyst with CPM Group, said many potential buyers in India appear to be still holding off.
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Turkey provided its commercial banks the option of meeting a portion of their Turkish lira reserve requirements with alternatives, said Erica Rannestad, commodity analyst with CPM Group.
Rohit Savant, senior commodity analyst with CPM Group, a metals consultancy, said many Indians bought gold last week that they would have bought in May had prices not fallen so steeply.
"Inflation is definitely not a concern right now, and it's unlikely to become a major concern in the future, " said Rohit Savant, senior commodity analyst with CPM Group, a New York metals consultancy.
Sterling Smith, commodity trading adviser and vice president, commodity research, Citibank Institutional Client Group, is bearish gold.
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The one sector-specific speaker I heard was Donald Coxe, a strategy advisor for BMO Financial Group, who discussed commodity stocks.
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With no hints of stimulus or quantitative easing, gold had nothing to pull it higher, said Sterling Smith, vice president, commodity research, Citibank Institutional Client Group.
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Sterling Smith, futures specialist, commodity research, Citibank Institutional Client Group, took a similar view as Barclays, saying it appeared that buyers stepped in at the low, which explained the lack of significant change in the data.
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It's dumb to think of the American consciousness as a finite commodity, where -- in order for one group to earn recognition -- another has to head to the back of the line.
The working group, which includes representatives of the SEC, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, came to the same conclusion as Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, who said in February that more regulation isn't necessarily the answer.
For 2011, CPM Group projects around 70 million to 71 million ounces, said commodity analyst Erica Rannestad.
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