Andrew Karsh is a director of Credit Suisse. He is co-lead portfolio manager for the Total Commodity Return strategy responsible for analysing and implementing hedging strategies, indexing strategies and excess return strategies. Prior to his current role Karsh served as a director in the Fixed Income Structuring Group within Credit Suisse's Investment Banking division. Prior to joining Credit Suisse in 1999, Karsh worked in fixed income and derivatives trading at Santander Financial Products and focused on US government and mortgage backed securities at Bear Stearns and Co. He earned a BS/BA in Finance from American University's Kogod College of Business and holds FINRA Series 3, 7 and Series 63 certifications.

According to Christopher Burton and Andrew Karsh commodities offer significant diversification opportunities which may reduce overall portfolio risk and improve returns. Commodities pay no interest and offer investors no share of any future profits ... Read more