In Intelligent Commodity Indexing, Bob joins his fellow leaders of PIMCO's Commodity Practice, Nic Johnson and Mihir Worah, in opening up commodity indexes. Never before has there been a more thorough explanation of how a commodity index works coupled with a powerful set of strategies for making it work for you. Inside, you'll find the most up-to-date tools and time-proven best practices for earning "structural alpha" by capitalizing on recurring risk and liquidity premiums in the commodities markets. It offers the right amount of history and theory to reinforce cuttingedge techniques for:

Interpreting how seasonal effects change risk premia
Choosing the most profitable market for specific commodity exposure
Using intelligent commodity indexing to collect risk premiums in the options market
Maximizing roll yield in order to increase long-term returns
Managing risk, including specific frameworks and systems
Investors gain a superior advantage with this book's coverage of the nuts-and-bolts workings of various markets.