At some point in the last five years all investors will have heard that had they invested in commodities instead of equities in that time they would have made a killing. But the real issue is whether or not potential players are being offered enough of the right products to invest in and the right people to manage that investment.
Because of the concurrent bull equities and bear commodities markets in the nineties, many investors have treated commodities like a new asset class, with the usual concerns over investing in any new area, including whether the right product exists, who can manage an investment, cost of trading and of course, risk versus reward.
Lionel Motiére, chairman of Diapason Commodities Management, which hosts the Jim Rogers commodities index, thinks that while the market is very healthy at the moment there are some historical problems holding it back.
"For most people commodities...