Money managers are looking at commodities as an alternative to pricey stocks and bonds and as a hedge against inflation. That marks a shift from the past half-decade: investors have tended to be leery of commodity markets, except for a small band of specialist funds that bet on prices for fuels, metals and grains. The 2014-15 oil bust, a slowdown in China’s resource-hungry economy and persistently low inflation all deterred money managers from venturing into the risky world of commodity futures.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 17, 2020 13:10 UTC