The scope and attractiveness of alternative investments is increasing. Here’s a weekly tracker of returns from such investments. But don’t compare these with returns from traditional investments since the proportion and purpose of alternative investments is vastly different.
Gold
After reaching close to a 3 month high, gold reacted to the fear that central bankers may raise rates soon to tame global inflation.
Silver
While rate hikes fears pulled gold down, the same did not happen with silver and technical factors helped silver to group.
Industrial metals like platinum, on the other hand, moved up due to production restrictions triggered by the global power crisis.
WTI Crude
Despite being 2% from its multi-year peak on Thursday due to prediction of mild winter in the US, crude went up by another 2% in the last week.
