Portfolio Risk Measurement in Commodity Futures Investments

Commodity futures investing has only recently entered the mainstream. As recently as 2001, there was only $10 billion invested in commodity indexes whereas during the fall of 2005 this figure had increased to over $70 billion, according to Rodger (2005). Once an institution has obtained its core commodity exposure through a commodity index investment, the next logical step is to include active commodity managers for further value-added.