Seeking Alpha

How Are Commodity Funds Performing YTD? 4 comments

by: Richard Shaw June 16, 2008 | about: COW / CUT / DBA / DBB / DBC / DBE / DBO / DBP / DBS / DGL / DGP / DGZ / DJP / DZZ / EOH / FUE / GAZ / GCC / GLD / GRU / GSC / GSG / GSP / IAU / JJA / JJC / JJE / JJG / JJM / JJN / OIL / RAW / RJA / RJI / RJN / RJZ / SLV / UGA / UNG / USL / USO    
About this author:

Commodities are all the rage lately.  How are they doing?  Generally, they are ahead for the year-to-date period.

The energy commodity funds are leading the pack. The broad based commodity funds GSG, DJP and DBC, which we reviewed in some detail in a prior article, show middling performance.  The other narrow scope commodity funds are generally doing less well than the broad based funds.

On a three-month basis, the narrow scope funds are generally in negative territory.

Many of the funds currently have too few assets under management and too little trading volume to warrant investment.

click image to enlarge


Related Articles
Print this article with comments

This article has 4 comments:

  •  
    Very difficult to read your insert - when I clicked on it, it was the same size as in the article. I gave up.
    2008 Jun 16 06:43 PM | Link | Reply
  •  
    Thank you. I will report this error to SA editors. They should correct it soon, but if you are in a hurry, you can see the enlarged image at my blog qvmgroup.com/invest
    2008 Jun 16 10:10 PM | Link | Reply
  •  
    More on commidity ETFs- SLV and GLD
    2008 Jun 20 03:16 PM | Link | Reply
  •  
    seekingalpha.com/autho...
    2008 Jun 20 03:16 PM | Link | Reply
Related Themes:
  1. Commodities (34 in last week)
  2. Agriculture (16 in last week)
  3. Base Metals (11 in last week)
  4. Chemicals (1 in last week)
  5. Timber/Paper
More by Richard Shaw
Other articles by Richard Shaw »