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Recent Commodity sell off and effect on funds

SteveSilva · 2011-05-14 13:56:54

If my understanding is correct inregards of the recent commodity sell off. A good fund manager would have seen that coming and sell shares in affected companies and any profit would be paid into the funds resulting these funds to increase in value. Or has the recent sell off had a negative impact on these funds???

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Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite

15 May 2011 at 11:22PM

jimjames wrote: »

Thats a good point but for a market like the FTSE-AS where companies range across all sectors the manager does have discretion

Mining\Commodities account for a high % of the FTSE ( by capitalisation value). So hard to avoid the sector. Particularly as Glencore will further weight the sector later this week when it floats.

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