The ethically correct handling of investments in raw materials such as agricultural commodities and mineral resources is one of the challenges of our time.
The most important and most frequently traded commodities include globally sought-after energy sources such as oil and gas as well as agricultural products (e.g. coffee, wood, corn, rice, wheat, sugar) and metals (e.g. aluminium, gold, lead, copper, nickel, silver, zinc).
Our top priority is sustainable investment in shares of companies that extract or process raw materials in a particularly environmentally friendly manner.
Commodity stocks are among the most volatile forms of investment. However, due to their sometimes enormous performance, they are ideally suited to stabilise the returns of a portfolio in the long term.
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Invest 2012: Will commodities remain interesting for investors? (2:57 min.)
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These statistics show the price development of selected commodities in the first half of 2012. From the beginning of the year to May 2012, the price of Arabica coffee fell by a total of 22 percent.