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Asset Class - Commodities
An Introduction
Commodities are usually considered to be:
(1 ) Hard (pure resources that are mostly mined or extracted)
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(2) Soft (natural resources that are grown and cultivated)
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Commodities that are uniform across producers can be traded on a stock exchange.
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These will typically include commodities in the energy, metals, or agricultural sectors.
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Commodities that are not uniform across producers have other, sometimes very important, purposes.
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Producers and manufacturers have bespoke requirements, as do consumers, for the many commodities that are bought and sold without the need to be traded on stock exchanges.​
Commodities and Workplace Pensions​
Millions of individuals have holdings in commodities through Workplace Pensions, such as NEST.
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NEST Corporation kindly provide a list of more than 2,500 companies, in which their Workplace Pension investors may have holdings. Below we show 5 of them with links, where further information can be found from the Financial Times or other sources:
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Through the Financial Times links, information about many other companies can be found. Perhaps you can guess which Nest sector screen applies to each of the 5 shown above?