Weekly Commodity ETF Flows Report: SLV Outflows Confirm Investor Exodus
Rather than any single news or economic event, the primary culprit seemed to be an unwinding of the extremely crowded trade in commodities. This exodus from commodities was very much evident in this week's ETP flows data, which shows that investors pulled out a whopping $3.4 billion from the space. After including losses from capital depreciation, total assets in commodity-related ETPs fell a stunning $15 billion over the course of the week, ending at $164 billion. --- READ MORE
The Best Commodity ETF (Today)
There are three major commodity indexes tracked by ETFs or ETNs: the GSCI (tracked by GSG and GSP), the DBC (tracked by DBC) and the DJ-AIG (tracked by DJP). Those three indexes hold wildly different positions in energy components: GSCI at 71%, DBC at 55% and DJ-AIG at 33%. And even within energy, the positions vary: GSCI is 52% crude, 7% natural gas and 12% "other"; DBC is 35% crude oil and 20% heating oil; and the DJ-AIG is 12.5% crude, 12.5 natural gas and 8% "other." --- READ MORE
The Best Commodity ETFs
When I talk about the Best Commodity ETFs it is strictly based on how well it correlates to the underlying asset. It has nothing to do with the morality of speculators driving up the cost of cotton or food. As an investor your primary objective is to get a return on the dollars you invest, so that is where I’m coming from. --- READ MORE
21 Top Commodity ETFs for 2011
Commodities have been gaining importance among asset classes in the past few years and ETFs have been a great way to gain exposure easily.Why are commodities gaining importance? With the emergence of countries like China and Brazil, it is becoming very difficult for these countries to keep up the growth without importing and buying huge quantities of energy sources, metals, food, etc. Oil and Gold are certainly the better known commodities and get most of the attention... READ MORE
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