Commodity ETF Group
There are more choices in commodity ETF group then well known Gold ETF and Silver ETF. These two ETFs are so popular that other interesting ETFs based on commodities could be overlooked. These ETFs could be part of commodity ETF group:
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Here is more detailed info about individual symbols:
| symbol | description | | DGL | The PowerShares DB Gold Fund (Fund) is based on the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index - Optimum Yield Gold Excess Return™ (Index) and managed by DB Commodity Services LLC. The Index is a rules-based index composed of futures contracts on gold and is intended to reflect the performance of gold. | | IAU | The iShares COMEX Gold Trust ("Gold Trust")seeks to correspond generally, to the day-to-day movement of the price of gold bullion. The objective of the Gold Trust is for the value to reflect, at any given time, the price of gold owned by the Gold Trust at that time, less the expenses and liabilities of the Gold Trust. | | SLV | The objective of the iShares Silver Trust is for the value of the shares of the iShares Silver Trust to reflect, at any given time, the price of silver owned by the iShares Silver Trust at that time, less the iShares Silver Trust's expenses and liabilities. | | DBS | The PowerShares DB Silver Fund (Fund) is based on the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index - Optimum Yield Silver Excess Return™ (Index) and managed by DB Commodity Services LLC. The Index is a rules-based index composed of futures contracts on silver and is intended to reflect the performance of silver. | | DBP | The PowerShares DB Precious Metals Fund (Fund) is based on the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index - Optimum Yield Precious Metals™ and managed by DB Commodity Services LLC. The Index is a rules-based index composed of futures contracts on two of the most important precious metals—gold and silver. The index is intended to reflect the performance of the precious metals sector. |
| DBO | The PowerShares DB Oil Fund is based on the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index - Optimum Yield Oil Excess Return™ (Index) and managed by DB Commodity Services LLC. The Index is a rules-based index composed of futures contracts on Light Sweet Crude Oil (WTI) and is intended to reflect the performance of crude oil. | | USL | The investment objective of USL is to have the changes in percentage terms of the units’ net asset value reflect the changes in percentage terms of the price of light, sweet crude oil delivered to Cushing, Oklahoma, as measured by the changes in the average of the prices of 12 Futures Contracts on crude oil traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange (the “Benchmark Futures Contracts”), | | USO | The investment objective of USO is for changes in percentage terms of the units’ net asset value to reflect the changes in percentage terms of the spot price of West Texas Intermediate (“WTI”) light, sweet crude oil delivered to Cushing, Oklahoma (“WTI light, sweet crude oil”), less USOF’s expenses. |
| UNG | The investment objective of UNG is for the changes in percentage terms of the units’ net asset value to reflect the changes in percentage terms of the price of natural gas delivered at the Henry Hub, Louisiana, as measured by the changes in the price of the futures contract on natural gas traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange |
| DBB | The PowerShares DB Base Metals Fund (Fund) is based on the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index – Optimum Yield Industrial Metals Excess Return™ (Index) and managed by DB Commodity Services LLC. The Index is a rules-based index composed of futures contracts on some of the most liquid and widely used base metals – aluminum, zinc and copper (grade A). The index is intended to reflect the performance of the industrial metals sector. |
| DBA | The PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (Fund) is based on the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index – Optimum Yield Agriculture Excess Return™ (Index) and managed by DB Commodity Services LLC. The Index is a rules-based index composed of futures contracts on some of the most liquid and widely traded agricultural commodities – corn, wheat, soy beans and sugar. |
Other commodity related ETFs
| GSG | The investment objective of the iShares® S&P GSCI(TM) Commodity-Indexed Trust ("the Trust") is to seek investment results, through the Trust's investment in the iShares® S&P GSCI(TM) Commodity-Indexed Investing Pool ("Investing Pool"), that correspond generally to the performance of the S&P GSCI(TM) Total Return Index | | DBC | The PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund is based on the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index - Optimum Yield Excess Return™ (Index) and managed by DB Commodity Services LLC. The Index is a rules-based index composed of futures contract on six of the most heavily-traded and important physical commodities in the world - crude oil, heating oil, gold, aluminum, corn and wheat. |
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