Posted AT 6:15 AM EST on 29/11/07
How our loonie crashed the commodities party
Commodity prices and the Canadian dollar are bouncing around in a way that's taking a lot of the fun out of investing in commodity stocks.Both gold and oil prices have soared this year, but the performance of stocks, mutual funds and exchange-traded funds in these sectors has in many cases been disappointing. Blame the dollar, said Nick Barisheff, president of Bullion Management Group, which runs the TSX-listed Millennium Bullion Fund.
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