commodities ETFs

With few exceptions, the commodities complex is being taken to task this year. Even diversified commodities exchange-traded products are not offering much shelter from the storm in the face of slumping oil prices. For example, the WisdomTree Continuous Commodity ETF (NYSE: GCC) is down 4.3 percent...

The U.S. dollar is one of this year's most disappointing developed market currencies, but that is not helping the commodities complex. Most commodities, an asset class denominated in dollars, are sagging, but some precious metals have been notable exceptions. Among exchange-traded products, the...

Despite all the commotion about this being a good year for commodities, the iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed (ETF) (NYSE: GSG) is flat year-to-date. That condition is unlikely to persist after the results of Tuesday's presidential election start trickling in. The Climate As has been...

After spending considerable time as one of this year's hottest exchange-traded funds, the SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSE: GLD), the world's largest ETF backed by physical holdings of gold, has retreated 5.5 percent over the past month. Not surprisingly, much has been made of this decline....

Exchange-traded products have made commodities investing available to the masses, and that is great. What is not so great? The pesky K-1 tax forms that accompany those investments come tax season. A new exchange-traded fund from ProShares looks to ameliorate that problem, at least for those...

Gold has been a predictable beneficiary of the Brexit outcome, which in turn is predictably benefiting already scorching hot gold miners stocks and exchange-traded funds. That includes leveraged fare such as the Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bull 3X Shares (Direxion Shares Exchange Traded Fund Trust (...

Thanks to some positive guidance and bullish analyst commentary, the Market Vectors Steel (ETF) (NYSE: SLX) climbed nearly 3 percent Wednesday, extending its year-to-date gain to 35.7 percent. Steel On The Move SLX, the lone exchange-traded fund dedicated to steel stocks, got a lift after Bank of...

The Energy Select Sector SPDR (ETF) (NYSE: XLE), the largest equity-based exchange-traded fund tracking the energy sector, is up more than 10 percent in the second quarter. That extends a run that has XLE up 12.5 percent year-to-date, a showing that, among the sector SPDR ETFs, has been trumped...

The SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSE: GLD) and the iShares Gold Trust(ETF) (NYSE: IAU) are each up more than 20 percent this year. Not only that, but the two gold exchange-traded funds are raking in new assets at a fevered pace. Gold's Golden Promises GLD, the world's largest gold ETF, has seen $8.1...

This is how things are going for gold exchange-traded funds this year. Physically-backed ETFs, such as the SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSE: GLD), have been good. Gold mining ETFs have been better. A lot better. For example, the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDX), is up 73.1 percent year-to-date...

Yes, that is stating the obvious in the wake of news that Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) and Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE: BHI) are calling off a marriage that would have created an oil services behemoth. Speculation has been intensifying for several weeks, if not longer, that the combined...

Among futures-based oil exchange-traded products, the United States Oil Fund LP (ETF) (NYSE: USO) gets the most attention. USO tracks front-month West Texas Intermediate futures, the U.S. benchmark oil contract. USO And BNO However, Brent futures are the global oil benchmark contract. Fortunately,...

For a couple of years as commodities prices struggled, plenty of single-country emerging markets exchange-traded funds struggled as well. A prime example of that theme was the iShares MSCI South Africa Index (ETF) (NYSE: EZA). Stymied by South Africa's status as a major gold producer, the world...

Twenty exchange-traded funds hit 52-week lows Wednesday, and in a telling sign about the impact expectation of higher interest rates on some asset classes, six of those offending funds were commodities products. Perhaps surprisingly, no dedicated silver ETFs joined the 52-week low club Wednesday,...