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Dec.18
7:11 AM ET
Thursday, 18 Dec 2008
Commodity Picks for the Brave
Topics:Commodities | Energy | Investment Strategy | Nasdaq | NYSE | Stock Market | Stock Options | Stock Picks
Sectors:Oil and Gas | Basic Resources
Companies:Xstrata | Rio Tinto Plc | BHP Billiton Limited | Noble Corp | Valero Energy Corp
For brave investors getting back into stocks, Juerg Zingg, managing partner at Q Investments, says that Xstrata, Rio Tinto [RTP
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"The companies as such are very attractively priced," he said Thursday.
Rio Tinto's balance sheet looks "okay" to Zingg, and the company hasn't had any problem with refinancing.
"We think they have a very good portfolio of what they own," Zingg told CNBC.
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