Innovation Nobles Crus, the perfect blend of wine and finance
Launched in 2008, Nobles Crus is a Luxembourg Sicav investing in the top graded wines and that has registered since launch a performance of 27.65%.
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Product Back to the future, may 2011: Nobles Crus and Earth Element Fund
Yesterday they were introduced as innovatives products. Today, How far have they got and what are the prospects for tomorrow ? Two products in the spotlight this month: Nobles Crus or the blend of passion for wine and financial investment, and a quantitative systematic (...)
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Opinion Fair trade, angel or demon ?
As citizens movements connect politically and economically, fair trade talks about itself. A fair and equitable trade, what is more decent in appearance ? But in order to determine the fair part of trade, we need beforehand to determine what we mean by this (...)
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Innovation CPoR devises has launched a range of mini gold bars, called « lingotins »!
CPoR Devises designed a product for individuals, interested in buying gold bar but without necessarily affording to...
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Interview Lionel Semonin: «Earth Element is a commodity fund using long-short strategies! »
Ex-BNP Paribas and former head of JP Morgan’s Commodity Investor Solutions, Lionel Semonin has launched Four Elements Captial, an asset management firm with a focus on commodity markets.
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News China Steel - Overproduction and Lower Prices to Persist
China’s steel industry output continues to rise notwithstanding slowing economic growth, falling prices for steel, and poor profitability at the steel mills. Fitch Ratings believes this paradox can be explained first by the larger steel mills’ priority of maintaining economies (...)
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Interview Olivier Combastet: « The purchase of farmlands is a good investment! »
Since 2006, Pergam Finances has invested in farmlands located in Argentina and Uruguay. For first in investors, the latent gain is above 40%...
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Strategy Managed futures strategies
This type of strategy is based on a simple idea: try to take advantage of an exposure on futures contracts («Futures») with the underlying being a financial instruments or a commodity ...
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News Venezuela may nationalize the gold sector
Hugo Chavez announced this Wednesday his will to nationalize the gold sector, including mining and processing, to increase Venezuela international reserves...
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News Sarkozy wants major changes in commodities markets !
Sarkozy also told speculators to be prepared for big losses if they bet against the euro
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Strategy Climate Change and agriculture : risks and opportunities
According to Schroders’ Climate Change investment team, climate change acts as a threat multiplier to the sector on top of the dual impacts of the increased demand and decreased supply, and that this will present various investment opportunities throughout the value (...)
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News Amaranth and its prominent trader Brian Hunter prosecuted
The CTFC lodged a complaint against the Amaranth hedge fund and its former prominent trader Brian Hunter for attempting to manipulate prices on the natural gas futures market...
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Opinion Agricultural markets: « We will never tackle volatility »
According to Michel Portier, CEO of Agritel, market information is often widely known but the weather market is the main factor of influence on agricultural markets...
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News Grains and oilseeds world market is under pressure
Several regions in Australia, including Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria area, have been suffering from floods for weeks. The three regions mentionned alone contribute for 42% of national wheat production and 75% of national rapeseed (...)
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Opinion The gold market is a «bubble ready to burst» !
According to U.S. bank Wells Fargo, speculative demand pushed the gold market to « a bubble that is about to explode »…
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