Investing in commodities

masamoah

Hi Guys

After some advise. Currently after getting some commodities that can add some risk to my portfolio and
hopefully increase the money in there.

I have done loads of research and want to get commodities, where i see the most GDP growth ie Qatar and China (just two examples).

I am on a Hargreaves and Landsdown account. However, every commodity i look at, i cannot look at by region. ie i want to be
able to search for all the commdities that Qatar hold.

ANy thoughts on the above? Is there a better way of going about for what i am trying to achieve?

I generally want to target the growing areas by GDP.

Regards

Mike

Thrugelmir

Why do you expect Qatar to be "booming"?

Intrigued to know. As I speak regularly to someone who works out there.

george4064

I gain exposure through BRCI

bigadaj

masamoah wrote: »

Hi Guys

After some advise. Currently after getting some commodities that can add some risk to my portfolio and
hopefully increase the money in there.

I have done loads of research and want to get commodities, where i see the most GDP growth ie Qatar and China (just two examples).

I am on a Hargreaves and Landsdown account. However, every commodity i look at, i cannot look at by region. ie i want to be
able to search for all the commdities that Qatar hold.

ANy thoughts on the above? Is there a better way of going about for what i am trying to achieve?

I generally want to target the growing areas by GDP.

Regards

Mike

I don't really follow what you want or are trying to achieve.

The two areas you seem to want are emerging markets and commodities and these are my ni means the same thing, most commodities are controlled by multi nationals based in Europe or North America, the fit cited problem with the ftse 100 is that it is dominated by miners and oil companies.

Qatar earns virtually all its money from oil and gas so that would suggest investing in an oil and gas fund or etf.

masamoah

Look at the GDP growth; it has the highest increase in GDP. Also, when doing general research
on their natural gas and oil, it seems good.

masamoah

Yes spot on, this is what I want to do! But I guess what I am asking is it jus a case of grabbing any oil etf? How do I know that it is based around Qatar? DO you get my drift?

macca1974

If you want to invest in commodities, then surely you'd just invest in the commodity. So if you thought that oil was a good investment, invest in an ETF that tracks the price of Brent or WTI. The price for most commodities is set internationally rather than regionally as far as I'm aware. If you like Qatar, then a quick google of Qatar Etf's brings up the Ishares MSCI Qatar Capped ETF although the top holdings seem to be financials.

Thrugelmir

masamoah wrote: »

Look at the GDP growth; it has the highest increase in GDP. Also, when doing general research
on their natural gas and oil, it seems good.

Qatar is forecasting a budget deficit in 2016.

bowlhead99

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Qatar is forecasting a budget deficit in 2016.

Well as a short termist, that's a good thing that the government is taking less tax off the companies than it invests into the economy. With plenty of gas resources and strong credit rating it can easily borrow or use reserves to fund its spending needs without needing to pillage the coffers of local businesses or residents.

But if your point is that the OP is clueless I would heartily agree.

nb73

OP you are conflating 2 different things: commodities and regions. I don't think there's any way of doing that, buy some of both.