Investors profit-take and diversify within commodities – Commodity ETP Weekly
Highlights
Investors sold out of gold and oil ETPs, locking in profits after a 19.5% and 11.4% return year-to-date.
At the same time they are seeking opportunities elsewhere, hoping for a catch-up in performance from some of the laggard commodities such as silver and palladium.
Investors appear optimistic that the commodity rally is becoming more pervasive with strong inflows into broad commodity baskets (US$10.4mn, a four-week high).
Gold sees first weekly outflows this year. Investors sold US$15.9mn of gold ETPs, locking in profits after a 19.5% return since the beginning of the year. At the same time they increased holdings of long silver ETPs by US$12.2mn, marking the fourth week of inflows, as the metal is progressively catching up its yellow counterpart. Silver price gained 3% last week while gold ended the week flat belying the volatility of gold over the course of the week. Last week saw gold falling ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting on Wednesday. However, the reluctance of the central bank to follow through with the rate tightening cycle it embarked on in December 2015, led investors to believe it is making a policy mistake. As a result, gold rallied 3% after the announcement. Despite upgrading its view of general price strength, the Fed downgraded the number of times it expects to raise rates this year. Labour market strength combined with robust and rising core inflation leads us to believe that the Fed should hike more and sooner than the market expects (the next rate rise is expected in September). A policy error in the making is likely to be gold price positive.
Investors sold oil ETPs amid the 3.7% gain last week. We saw the third consecutive week of outflows from oil ETPs last week. The US$22.6mn withdrawal was entirely from WTI oil ETPs. After a 31% rise in WTI prices in the last month alone, investors were keen to lock in profits. Investors into oil ETPs have always tended to be contrarian, which is reflected our flows. While the market is becoming increasingly optimistic that oil supply can come closer to balance this year as US production declines, Iran’s lack of cooperation with the rest of OPEC to freeze production remains a wild-card and has led some investors to pare back on oil holdings. We believe that Iran overestimates its ability to ramp-up production and exports to pre-sanction levels as the upgrade of existing operable fields and the need for further infrastructure build requires funding that is not supported by the economics. The increase of Iranian oil production in the coming year will likely miss target.
Investors rotate within industrial metals. Investors built US$2mn positions in short copper ETPs last week while buying US$2.7mn of long nickel and US$0.5mn of aluminum. This mainly follows copper’s outperformance among the complex last week, up 4% compared to 1.5% for nickel while aluminum fell 2.8%. Globally, a loose monetary policy setting bodes well for the industrial metals complex.
Key events to watch this week. In this shortened week, a number of PMIs (US, Euro area, Japan) are likely to grab the headlines as they provide a gauge for the strength of industrial demand and thus the demand for cyclical commodities. UK inflation data will provide judgement on whether the Bank of England is following in the footsteps of its US counterpart by ignoring the firm economic fundamentals.
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Vissa företag har lyckats skapa en strategisk fördel gentemot sina konkurrenter. Metaforiskt kallas detta för breda vallgravar, vilket återspeglar dessa företags starkt befästa marknadsposition. Sådana konkurrensfördelar kan bero på ett varumärkes särprägel eller på en forsknings- och utvecklingsfördel baserad på patent. En vallgrav kan också vara resultatet av territoriell distribution eller produktionsrättigheter som ett företag kan göra anspråk på. En annan möjlighet är en stark position genom den utbredda användningen av företagets produkter bland kunderna, vilket gör det svårt för de senare att byta till andra leverantörer. Dessutom kan vissa företag producera sina varor mycket billigare än sina konkurrenter.
För att kunna utvärdera sådana konkurrensfördelar måste analytiker noggrant undersöka verksamheten, konkurrenssituationen och företagens strategiska tillvägagångssätt. Resultaten kan sedan användas för att skapa ett index som kan spåras med ETFer.
I den här investeringsguiden hittar du alla ETFer som fokuserar på företag med en bred vallgrav. Vi har identifierat sex index som spåras av sex olika börshandlade fonder. Den årliga förvaltningskostnaden ligger på mellan 0,39 och 0,52 procent per år.
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När man väljer en ETF med fokus på breda vallgravar bör man överväga flera andra faktorer utöver metodiken för det underliggande indexet och prestanda för en ETF. För bättre jämförelse hittar du en lista över alla breda vallgrav ETFer med detaljer om namn, kortnamn, förvaltningskostnad, utdelningspolicy, hemvist och replikeringsmetod. För ytterligare information om någon av de olika börshandlade fonderna klicka på kortnamnet i tabellen nedan.
Amundi S&P Global Information Technology ESG UCITSETF DR EUR (D) (WELL ETF) med ISIN IE000GEHNQU9, försöker följa S&P Developed Ex-Korea LargeMidCap Sustainability Enhanced Information Technology-index. Det S&P-utvecklade ex-Korea LargeMidCap Sustainability Enhanced Information Technology-indexet spårar stora och medelstora företag från IT-sektorn. Aktierna som ingår filtreras enligt ESG-kriterier (miljö, social och bolagsstyrning).
Den börshandlade fondens TER (total cost ratio) uppgår till 0,18 % p.a. Amundi S&P Global Information Technology ESG UCITSETF DR EUR (D) är den billigaste ETF som följer S&P Developed Ex-Korea LargeMidCap Sustainability Enhanced Information Technology-index. ETFen replikerar det underliggande indexets prestanda genom fullständig replikering (köper alla indexbeståndsdelar). Utdelningarna i ETFen delas ut till investerarna (Årligen).
Amundi S&P Global Information Technology ESG UCITSETF DR EUR (D) är en liten ETF med tillgångar på 27 miljoner euro under förvaltning. ETF:n lanserades den 20 september 2022 och har sin hemvist i Irland.
Investeringsmål
AMUNDI S&P GLOBAL INFORMATIONSTEKNOLOGI ESG UCITSETF DR – EUR (D) strävar efter att replikera, så nära som möjligt, resultatet för S&P Developed Ex-Korea LargeMidCap Sustainability Enhanced Information Technology Index (Netto Total Return Index). Denna ETF har exponering mot stora och medelstora företag i utvecklade länder. Den innehåller uteslutningskriterier för tobak, kontroversiella vapen, civila och militära handeldvapen, termiskt kol, olja och gas (inkl. Arctic Oil & Gas), oljesand, skiffergas. Den är också utformad för att välja ut och omväga företag för att tillsammans förbättra hållbarhet och ESG-profiler, uppfylla miljömål och minska koldioxidavtrycket
Det betyder att det går att handla andelar i denna ETF genom de flesta svenska banker och Internetmäklare, till exempel Nordnet, SAVR, DEGIRO och Avanza.
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