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Commodities Poised To Rally?
Cam Hui • Mon, May 20 • 6 Comments
Commodities Have (Almost) No Place In Your Portfolio
Cullen Roche • Mon, Apr 15 • 12 Comments
USCI, The 'Contango Killer' ETF: An Imperfect Solution
The ETF Authority • Sun, Apr 7 • 3 Comments
PowerShares DB Commodity Index ETF Remains A Top Choice
Morningstar • Sun, Apr 7 • 2 Comments
Evaluating 'Better Beta' In Commodity Related Funds
Hard Assets Investor • Thu, Feb 7
Record ETF Inflows In 2012 See U.S. And Emerging Market Equities As Biggest Winners
Deborah Fuhr • Thu, Jan 3 • 1 Comment
In Depth: The 5-Minute Guide To The United States Commodity Index
CommodityHQ • Mon, Oct 15, 2012
A Commodity ETF For All Seasons
Morningstar • Fri, Oct 12, 2012 • 3 Comments
World's Cheapest ETF Portfolio: Institutional-Caliber Diversification For 8 Basis Points
IndexUniverse • Thu, Sep 27, 2012 • 16 Comments
5 ETFs To Effectively Hedge A Frothy Market
CommodityHQ • Tue, Sep 25, 2012
Commodity ETFs: Beyond DBC
Tom Lydon • Wed, Sep 12, 2012
What You Need To Know About Commodity ETFs, ETNs And Contango
CommodityHQ • Tue, Sep 4, 2012 • 6 Comments
Unbalanced Portfolios And Inflation: The Risk-Parity Approach
Morningstar • Wed, Aug 8, 2012 • 5 Comments
Not Your Father's Commodity Markets
Dr. Stephen Leeb • Tue, Jul 3, 2012 • 6 Comments
25 Things Every Financial Advisor Should Know About Commodities
CommodityHQ • Tue, May 22, 2012 • 10 Comments
Risk On Rolls On Into May
Matthew Crews • Sun, Apr 29, 2012 • 1 Comment
What Is Contango?
CommodityHQ • Mon, Apr 16, 2012 • 16 Comments
Another Agriculture ETF Rolls Out To Investors
Michael Johnston • Fri, Apr 13, 2012 • 1 Comment
Gold Vs. Broad-Basket Commodity Exposure
Morningstar • Fri, Mar 23, 2012 • 13 Comments
When Bigger Isn't Better: Smaller Alternatives To Popular ETFs
Jared Cummans • Tue, Mar 20, 2012

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USCI, The 'Contango Killer' ETF: An Imperfect Solution
The ETF Authority • Sun, Apr 7 • 3 Comments
In Depth: The 5-Minute Guide To The United States Commodity Index
CommodityHQ • Mon, Oct 15, 2012
One Year Later: USCI Remains an Intriguing Commodity ETF
Michael Johnston • Fri, Aug 12, 2011 • 2 Comments
ETF Spotlight: U.S. Commodity Index Fund
Tom Lydon • Fri, Jul 22, 2011 • 1 Comment
U.S. Commodity Funds Files for Three New Commodity Index ETFs
Eric Dutram • Tue, Nov 30, 2010
Better Than TIPS: For Inflation Protection, Consider This Commodities ETF
The Inflation Trader • Thu, Oct 21, 2010 • 22 Comments
Just One ETF: A New Approach to the Roll Problem in Commodities ETF Investing
Douglas Wolfe • Wed, Oct 20, 2010 • 13 Comments
USCI: Commodities and Academics in One ETF
Tom Lydon • Mon, Sep 6, 2010
A New ETF for a Diversified Commodities Play
Kevin Grewal • Sun, Aug 15, 2010
USCI: Commodity ETF Gamechanger
Eric Dutram • Wed, Aug 11, 2010 • 1 Comment
U.S. Commodity Funds, SummerHaven Team Up to Launch First Active Commodity Futures Index ETF
Tom Lydon • Tue, Aug 10, 2010 • 2 Comments

Commodities Poised To Rally?
Cam Hui • Mon, May 20 • 6 Comments
Commodities Have (Almost) No Place In Your Portfolio
Cullen Roche • Mon, Apr 15 • 12 Comments
PowerShares DB Commodity Index ETF Remains A Top Choice
Morningstar • Sun, Apr 7 • 2 Comments
Evaluating 'Better Beta' In Commodity Related Funds
Hard Assets Investor • Thu, Feb 7
Record ETF Inflows In 2012 See U.S. And Emerging Market Equities As Biggest Winners
Deborah Fuhr • Thu, Jan 3 • 1 Comment
A Commodity ETF For All Seasons
Morningstar • Fri, Oct 12, 2012 • 3 Comments
World's Cheapest ETF Portfolio: Institutional-Caliber Diversification For 8 Basis Points
IndexUniverse • Thu, Sep 27, 2012 • 16 Comments
5 ETFs To Effectively Hedge A Frothy Market
CommodityHQ • Tue, Sep 25, 2012
Commodity ETFs: Beyond DBC
Tom Lydon • Wed, Sep 12, 2012
What You Need To Know About Commodity ETFs, ETNs And Contango
CommodityHQ • Tue, Sep 4, 2012 • 6 Comments
Unbalanced Portfolios And Inflation: The Risk-Parity Approach
Morningstar • Wed, Aug 8, 2012 • 5 Comments
Not Your Father's Commodity Markets
Dr. Stephen Leeb • Tue, Jul 3, 2012 • 6 Comments
25 Things Every Financial Advisor Should Know About Commodities
CommodityHQ • Tue, May 22, 2012 • 10 Comments
Risk On Rolls On Into May
Matthew Crews • Sun, Apr 29, 2012 • 1 Comment
What Is Contango?
CommodityHQ • Mon, Apr 16, 2012 • 16 Comments
Another Agriculture ETF Rolls Out To Investors
Michael Johnston • Fri, Apr 13, 2012 • 1 Comment
Gold Vs. Broad-Basket Commodity Exposure
Morningstar • Fri, Mar 23, 2012 • 13 Comments
When Bigger Isn't Better: Smaller Alternatives To Popular ETFs
Jared Cummans • Tue, Mar 20, 2012
Why Conventional Commodity Indexes Will Likely Disappoint
Morningstar • Wed, Feb 29, 2012 • 7 Comments
PPI Of Durable And Nondurable Goods
Ivan Kitov • Wed, Feb 29, 2012

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Weekend Investor: Food and water investments to weather drought

at MarketWatch.com (Jul 20, 2012)
Commodities trading thrives as equities dive

at MarketWatch.com (Jun 25, 2012)
ETF Focus: 10 most popular new ETFs signal dollar doubts

at MarketWatch.com (Aug 5, 2011)
Robert Powell's Your Portfolio: How to play the global commodities trends

at MarketWatch.com (Mar 30, 2011)
ETF Investing: ETFs to expand in 2011; assets top $1 trillion

at MarketWatch.com (Jan 12, 2011)
John Prestbo's Indexed Investor: Why commodities belong in a portfolio

at MarketWatch.com (Oct 22, 2010)
Halftime Pt 1: Market Facing Suicide Squeeze?

at CNBC.com (Aug 11, 2010)
UPDATE: Halftime Pt. 1: Trading Most Important Fed Decision Of Year

at CNBC.com (Aug 10, 2010)
Halftime Pt. 1: Trading Most Important Fed Decision Of Year

at CNBC.com (Aug 10, 2010)

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USCI Description

The investment objective of USCI is for the daily changes in percentage terms of its units’ net asset value to reflect the daily changes in percentage terms of the SummerHaven Dynamic Commodity Index Total Return (the “Index”), less USCI’s expenses. The Index is designed to reflect the performance of a diversified group of commodities.
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In Your Portfolio: A Guide to Commodity ETFs and ETNs
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Wednesday, May 8, 2:52 PM The recent selloff in commodities (DBC) is not a correction, says Stan Druckenmiller, now on stage at Ira Sohn, but instead the end of the supercycle. Avoid commodity markets - Brazil (EWZ, BRF, BRL), South Africa (EZA, SZR), Canada (EWC, FXC). "Frankly, I'd short the aussie (FXA)." His largest equity holding? "I can't imagine a better position than Google (GOOG)" - selling for 16x earnings and no exposure to China. 4 Comments [Quick Ideas]
Monday, May 6, 8:31 AM The commodity boom (DBC) is over, writes Morgan Stanley global macro chief Ruchir Sharma, as massive overinvestment - mostly to feed China's voracious demand - comes online just at the time said demand becomes considerably less voracious. Not only are China and emerging markets in general slowing, but the countries are striving to become more efficient (USO) as well. "If historical pattern holds, we are now entering a long period of falling commodity prices, which could last two decades." 2 Comments [Commodities]
Wednesday, May 1, 10:41 AM Commodities are lit up bright red as weak economic data (here and in China) is a good excuse to end the bounce of the last few sessions. Gold (GLD -1.8%), Silver (SLV -3.6%), WTI Crude (USO -2.6%). Copper (JJC -3.3%) moves to its lowest level in about 18 months at $3.08/lb. The metal hasn't had a 2-handle since the start of 2011. Broad commodity gauge (DBC -1.8%). 5 Comments [Commodities, On the Move]
Friday, April 12, 3:01 PM It's "death bells" for commodities, says Citigroup, calling 2013 the year in which it's realized the commodity supercycle is over and a new era in which the relative performance of how "stuff" performs against each other and other assets is what matters. Specifically on oil, Citi calls Q1's move higher without merit and expects the recent downtick in prices to continue. 70 Comments [Commodities]
Thursday, April 4, 3:17 PM BNP Paribas will close its lone ETF, BNPC, on April 12 as it failed to generate significant investor interest in the 10 months since it launched, gathering roughly $20M in AUM. More popular commodity funds that could gain assets as a result of the closure (expense ratio in parenthesis) are DBC (1.26%), USCI (0.95), GSC (0.85) and RJI (0.75). Comment! [Commodities]
Monday, March 11, 8:24 AM Speculators cut net long positions in commodity contacts by 9.2% last week, according to CFTC data. At 406K contracts, it's the lowest net long position since the epic March 2009 bottom. Not surprisingly, the positioning is following the trend in commodity prices, which have tumbled over the past few weeks. Goldman last week: Buy the dip. DBC thus far this year. 3 Comments [Commodities]
Friday, March 8, 7:06 AM Buy the dip in commodities, says Goldman, raising its 3-month outlook for raw materials after the recent price dip. "The recent selloff in commodities on worries about Chinese growth is overdone in our view and we upgrade to overweight on a 3-month horizon," says the bank's commodities research chief. DBC -2.4% YTD. Comment! [Commodities]
Wednesday, February 20, 11:28 AM Non-agricultural commodities sell off sharply across the board. GLD -1.4%, SLV -2.3%, USO -2%, JJC -1.1%. Lumber futures -2.5%. Chatter circulates of a troubled hedge fund being forced to exit. Broad commodity ETF: DBC -0.9%. 10 Comments [Commodities]
Wednesday, February 6, 11:36 AM Institutional investors pull back from commodity bets as the sector fails to deliver on its key appeal as an effective hedge against volatile stocks. Influential Calpers - which led the way into commodities a decade ago - leads the way out, pulling 55% of its holdings after years of losses. DBC flat Y/Y. 2 Comments [Commodities]
Wednesday, January 30, 11:10 AM This just in, commodity prices are falling, writes technician Michael Kahn. The CRB index is lower now than when the Fed launched QE∞ in September, and down 18% over a roughly 2-year period. Though still in tight supply, the grains (JJG) are off 16% since late summer, and softs like coffee, sugar, and cocoa are in multi-month bear markets. 4 Comments [Commodities]
Wednesday, December 26, 2012, 4:14 PM Corn has delivered the best 2012 performance of ten major commodities tracked by Bespoke: buoyed by strong Asian demand, its price has risen 17.3% YTD. Coffee has delivered the worst performance, declining 34.8% - expect that drop to provide a nice 2013 lift to the margins of SBUX, DNKN, and other coffee chains, as it becomes reflected in new contract prices. Oil is down 8%, its first annual decline since '08. 7 of the 10 tracked commodities are up on the year. Comment! [Commodities, Consumer]
Thursday, December 6, 2012, 4:44 PM The commodity super cycle has entered has entered a "renaissance" period, says Goldman, in which prices may not go a lot higher, but markets in "backwardation" - near-term prices greater than those further out - will create the opportunity for "significant investment returns." Comment! [Commodities]
Tuesday, December 4, 2012, 5:57 PM Phosphorus: The finite supply of it is why Jeremy Grantham predicts a grim future for much of the world's population. As production of the critical ingredient for fertilizer drops, so will crop yields, which will threaten the ability to feed the world's population. Grantham thinks the finite supply of fertilizer and limits of crop yields already are starting to affect food prices. 6 Comments [Commodities, Global & FX]
Monday, December 3, 2012, 4:57 PM The commodity supercycle isn't over yet, writes Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, pointing to a contrarian RBA study arguing China's heavy consumption of key metals and oil is just getting underway. Consider how well the prices of these commodities have held up in 2012 despite slumping worldwide growth, especially in China. Toss in central banks printing away ... do you really want to sell commodities now? DBC +5% YTD. Comment! [Commodities]
Monday, November 19, 2012, 11:33 AM The commodity super cycle is over," says Ed Morse, head of commodity research for Citigroup, and even heavy central bank printing isn't bringing it back. "No longer will a pure long-only strategy bring in the returns expected in 2002-08. Nor will conditions approximating those of the last decade return any time soon." DBC +2.4% Y/Y. Comment! [Commodities]
Friday, November 16, 2012, 9:32 AM Industrial metals prices are set to rally into the middle of 2013, says Westpac's Justin Smirk, who has the hottest hand in forecasting of late. He's keeping it simple: Easy money in the U.S. and Europe will combine with a rebounding Chinese economy. Copper, zinc, nickel, and aluminum are all headed higher. Comment! [Commodities]

USCI United States Commodity Index ETF

USCI

United States Commodity Index ETF