Masyarakat masih andalkan emas

Oleh Dyah Megasari - Sabtu, 16 November 2013 | 15:33 WIB

Masyarakat Indonesia sudah sangat familiar dengan logam mulia satu ini, emas. Itulah sebabnya, di beberapa pialang investasi emas menjadi komoditas yang memiliki volume transaksi tertinggi.

Padahal, dalam perdagangan bursa komoditas (PBK) dan bursa berjangka, Indonesia memiliki banyak produk nonfinansial yang menyimpan peluang menarik, karena banyak pelaku bisnis yang membutuhkan, seperti olein, cacao, dan timah.

Adalah PT Jalatama Artha Berjangka (JAB), salah satu pialang yang terdaftar resmi di Bursa Berjangka Jakarta (BBJ), yang memiliki volume perdagangan emas cukup tinggi. Direktur Utama JAB Jacob Ongkowidjojo ditemui Kompas.com, Jumat (14/11/2013) menuturkan, hal itu dikarenakan komoditas tersebut diperdagangkan dalam dua sistem, bilateral dan multilateral.

“Masyarakat juga lebih familiar dengan emas,” ujar Jacoeb.

Saat ini di BBJ, emas diperdagangkan dengan satuan 1 kilogram per lot, 250 gram per lot, dan 100 gram per lot. Dengan satuan seberat ini, emas menduduki peringkat teratas sistem perdagangan bilateral, dengan penawaran kontrak Loco London Gold (Loco).

Menyusul emas, dalam sistem perdagangan bilateral ada kontrak Forex (foreign exchange) atau valuta asing dan Index Saham (stock index) yang bergantian saling mendominasi. Menurut Jacoeb, kondisi itu lantaran keduanya sangat terpengaruh faktor riil. Ketika saham sangat bergejolak, pasar bermain ke Forex, bursa yang bergerak.

“Emas relatif konstan di posisi teratas karena dia punya karakteristik sendiri sebagai objek investasi,” imbuh Jacoeb.

Sementara itu, sistem perdagangan multilateral di JAB didominasi komoditas olein, produk turunan crude palm oil (CPO). Jacoeb mengungkapkan kenapa emas tidak terlalu besar dalam perdagangan multilateral dikarenakan satuan emas yang besar, sehingga tidak bisa dipasarkan secara retail. Emas justru menduduki peringkat kedua, disusul cacao, dalam perdagangan multilateral.

Diakui Jacoeb, perdagangan multilateral baru mengambil porsi 10 persen dari keseluruhan rata-rata transaksi per bulan yang mencapai 15.000 lot. Untuk meningkatkan volume transaksi perdagangan emas tersebut, JAB bersama BBJ saat ini tengah menyusun spesifikasi yang lebih kecil untuk komoditas emas, yang terdiri dari 5 gram per lot, 10 gram per lot, dan 25 gram per lot.

“Sebagai pialang dan pemegang saham (BBJ), multilateral diusahakan bisa menyeimbangi bilateral. Membuat produk yang lebih marketable, dan mendiversifikasi produk sehingga menjangkau pasar yang lebih luas,” ujarnya . (Estu Suryowati/Kompas.com) 

Sumber : http://investasi.kontan.co.id/news/masyarakat-masih-andalkan-emas

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The net long-term portfolio investment inflow was $25.5 billion after a revised $9.8 billion outflow in August, the Treasury Department said in a statement today in Washington. China raised its holdings of U.S. government debt by 2 percent and Japan boosted its by 2.5 percent, the department said.

The data cover the month in which the Federal Reserve decided against cutting back its bond purchases at a Sept. 17-18 meeting. The Fed buys $85 billion of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities each month to keep downward pressure on borrowing costs. Officials will decide to pare purchases to $70 billion a month at their March 18-19 meeting, according to the median of economist estimates in a Bloomberg survey on Nov. 8.

Today’s report showed China’s holdings swelled $25.7 billion to $1.29 trillion in September. Japan increased its share by $29 billion to $1.18 trillion, the figures showed.

The Treasury’s monthly report on the cross-border flow of portfolio assets captures foreign buying and selling of U.S. securities as well as American investors’ transactions abroad. It also tracks holdings of Treasuries by countries.

(Source: Bloomberg)

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Exxon Mobil Corp. rallied 2.2 percent to a record after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. disclosed a stake. FedEx Corp. climbed 1.6 percent as billionaire investorsGeorge Soros andJohn Paulson took positions. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac increased at least 6.2 percent as Bill Ackman’s hedge fund bought shares in the government-backed mortgage insurers. Western Union Co. dropped 4.3 percent after the company said its chief financial officer is leaving.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rose 0.4 percent to 1,798.18 at 4 p.m. in New York. The gauge gained 1.6 percent in the past five days, capping its longest streak of weekly gains since February. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 85.48 points, or 0.5 percent, to 15,961.70, a third straight record. About 6.1 billion shares changed hands on U.S. exchanges today, in line with the three-month average.

(Source: Bloomberg)