Monday 22, February 2010 by

Commodities and financials futures a go-go

Standard & Poor's said it has set up the S&P Dynamic Futures Index (S&P DFI), an index designed to reflect the price momentum that physical commodities, interest rates and currencies tend to exhibit over the long-term due to their cyclicality. The Index offers rules-based exposure (both long and short) across a diversified portfolio of 24 “highly liquid”, global commodity and financial futures contracts grouped into 14 sectors.

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