Commodity exchange-traded funds (ETF) let you invest in commodities from
aluminum to zinc. Some commodity ETFs are specific to one commodity while
others track a basket of commodities.
Commodities are quite volatile so study the price chart of a commodity
ETF before you buy it.
| Commodity
ETFs |
| ETF and Web Site |
Stock Symbol |
Comment |
| Claymore
MACROshares Oil Up Tradeable Shares |
|
Captures an up move in oil - lets you be long
oil. |
| Claymore
MACROshares Oil Down Tradable Shares |
|
Captures a down move in oil - lets you short oil. |
| Energy
Select Sector SPDR Fund |
|
Oil and oil service stocks. |
| iShares
COMEX Gold Trust |
|
Tracks price of gold bullion. |
| iShares
Dow Jones US Energy Sector Index Fund |
|
Includes oil and oil service stocks. |
| iShares
GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust |
|
Includes diversified group of commodities including
energy, agriculture, industrial metals, livestock and precious metals.
|
| iShares
S&P Global Energy Sector Index Fund |
|
Includes oil and oil service stocks. |
| iShares
S&P GSSI Natural Resources Index Fund |
|
Includes energy, precious and base metals stocks. |
| iShares
Silver Trust |
|
Tracks price of silver. |
| PowerShares
Base Metals |
|
Owns futures contracts including aluminum, zinc
and copper. |
| PowerShares
DB Agriculture Fund |
|
Owns futures contracts of widely-traded agricultural
commodities including corn, wheat, soy beans and sugar. |
| PowerShares
DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund |
|
Owns futures contracts of crude oil, heating oil,
gold, aluminum, corn and wheat. |
| PowerShares
DB Energy Fund |
|
Owns futures contracts of light sweet crude oil
heating oil, Brent crude oil, gasoline, and natural gas. |
| PowerShares
DB Gold Fund |
|
Owns futures contracts of gold. |
| PowerShares
DB Oil Fund |
|
Owns futures contracts of light sweet crude oil. |
| PowerShares
DB Precious Metals Fund |
|
Owns futures contracts of gold and silver. |
| PowerShares
DB Silver Fund |
|
Owns futures contracts of silver. |
| SPDR
S&P Metals and Mining ETF |
|
Includes metals and mining stocks. |
| streetTRACKS®
Gold Shares |
|
Tracks price of gold bullion. |
| United
States Natural Gas Fund |
|
Owns futures contracts of natural gas. |
| United
States Oil Fund |
|
Owns futures contracts of West Texas Intermediate
(WTI) light sweet crude oil and other petroleum-based fuels. |
| Van
Eck Global Market Vectors Coal |
|
Holds 60 coal stocks. See
KOL article. |
| Vanguard
Energy ETF |
|
Includes oil and oil service stocks. |
