The assets of the trust consist of nearly 700,000 ounces of gold held by the custodian on behalf of the trust. Click on the tabs below to see more information on Commodity ETFs, including historical performance, dividends, holdings, expense ratios, technical indicators, analysts reports and more. The metric calculations are based on U.S.-listed ETFs that are classified by ETFdb.com as being mostly exposed to a specific asset class. Commodity and all other asset classes are ranked based on their aggregate 3-month fund flows for all U.S.-listed ETFs that are classified by ETFdb.com as being mostly exposed to those respective asset classes. Recently, there's been a decided preference for agribusiness companies, and that has sent the VanEck ETF to huge outperformance. All rights in the XTF data, ratings and / or underlying data contained in this communication (“the XTF information”) vest in LSEG and/or its licensors. Dollars. As these contracts approach their delivery dates, the ETFs roll into the contracts with the next nearest date. Welcome to ETFdb.com. As the Fool's Director of Investment Planning, Dan oversees much of the personal-finance and investment-planning content published daily on Fool.com.
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See our independently curated list of ETFs to play this theme here. For example, a leveraged bull ETF might attempt to achieve daily returns that are 2x or 3x more pronounced than the Dow Jones Industrial Average or the S&P 500.

See you at the top! Click to see the most recent smart beta news, brought to you by DWS. Launched at the beginning of 2004, GLD has accumulated nearly $10 billion in assets since then. Gold ETFs are a much simpler alternative for most investors, since these funds provide quick and easy access to the gold market. Grains like wheat, corn, and soybeans make up about 40% of the portfolio, with cattle and hogs representing another 30%. Crude oil is a naturally occurring, unrefined petroleum product composed of hydrocarbon deposits and other organic materials. ETF issuers are ranked based on their aggregate assets under management (AUM) of their ETFs with exposure to Commodity. The links in the table below will guide you to various analytical resources for the relevant ETF, including an X-ray of holdings, official fund fact sheet, or objective analyst report. The fund was up just more than 23% in 2006 and nearly 17% in 2005.

The ProShares UltraShort Oil & Gas ETF (DUG) is designed to produce two times the inverse, or opposite, the performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas Index. ETFdb.com’s Country Exposure tool allows investors to identify equity ETFs that offer exposure This makes energy ETFs a sound strategy for hedging against any dollar declines. For investors who want gold, but also want to hedge their bets, DGL might be a suitable choice. Editor’s Note: Most pure commodity data bases don’t include basic materials. The following table includes certain tax information for all Commodity ETFs listed on U.S. exchanges that are currently tracked by ETF Database, including applicable short-term and long-term capital gains rates and the tax form on which gains or losses in each ETF will be reported.