Intelligent Commodity Indexing: A Practical Guide to Investing Commodities

In , Bob joins his fellow leaders of PIMCO's Commodity Practice, Nic Johnson and Mihir Worah, in opening up commodity indexes. Never before has there been a more thorough explanation of how a commodity index works coupled with a powerful set of strategies for making it work for you. Inside, you'll find the most up-to-date tools and time-proven best practices for earning "structural alpha" by capitalizing on recurring risk and liquidity premiums in the commodities markets. It offers the right amount of history and theory to reinforce cuttingedge techniques for: Investors gain a superior advantage with this book's coverage of the nuts-and-bolts workings of various markets. — Julia K. Bonafede, CFA, President of Wilshire Consulting — Blythe Masters, Head of Global Commodities, JP Morgan — Alan H. Van Noord, CFA, Chief Investment Officer, Pennsylvania Public School Employees' Retirement System — Mark Makepeace, Chief Executive, FTSE Group — Jodie Gunzberg, CFA, Director-Commodities, S&P Indexes