Jared also took a few more questions asked by our attendees on the call... including a very interesting one
about commodity ETFs, and how to potentially avoid the «roll down» with this trading strategy.
Not exact matches
In US markets, you can buy an
ETF for just
about every country index, plus all sorts of
commodities and other exotic exposures.
I set up some passive investments along the lines of Tim Hale's book and bought some exposure to
commodities (a Lyxor
ETF) without really thinking
about how it tracks the market.
You can check the previous posts
about What are stocks and how to value them, How does Currency Trading Work, How are Currencies Traded, Investing in
Commodities, What Fundamentals Affect
Commodity Prices, What are
ETF's, What are Options, How are Options» Prices Structured, Investing for Beginners Part 2 — Different Investment Strategies, When does Buy and Hold not Work, An Unconventional Approach to Buy and Hold, An Unconventional Approach to Buy and Hold Part 2, How the Investment Advisor Game is Played, An Introduction Into «Secular Investing», Don't Short When it Comes to Secular Investing, An Introduction into Trend Following, An Introduction into Technical Indicators, When does Trend Following Not Work, Risk Management for Trend Followers, An Introduction to Contrarian Investing, Using Oscillators for Contrarian Investing, Using Magnitude Extreme vs. Time Extreme, Contrarian Investing can be Used for Different Time Frames
One of the things we like
about the $ UNG trade setup is that it is a
commodity ETF.
Think
about like investing through a
commodity ETF.
One great thing
about $ UNG is that it has a low correlation to the direction of the overall stock market because it is a
commodity ETF.
I would really question, though, if
commodities are just 5 % of your investment — simply investing in a S&P 500
ETF or mutual fund will give you
about 5 - 10 % exposure to oil and natural gas simply because of the weighting of those companies in the fund.
An alternative
commodity ETF, the iShares S&P GSCI Commodity - Indexed Trust (GSG), became available about five months after DBC, therefore the latter wa
commodity ETF, the iShares S&P GSCI
Commodity - Indexed Trust (GSG), became available about five months after DBC, therefore the latter wa
Commodity - Indexed Trust (GSG), became available
about five months after DBC, therefore the latter was chosen.
There are
ETFs that invest in just
about every asset class - stocks, bonds, real estate investment trusts (REITs),
commodities, and precious metals.
There is an ongoing debate
about the merits of owning «risky and complicated» futures contracts as compared to owning «simple and convenient» exchange traded funds (
ETFs) when you are trying to gain exposure to
commodities (or any asset category, for that matter).
What do you think
about adding some gold, small - cap stocks,
commodities, real estate, global bonds, sector
ETFs, infrastructure and maybe some blue - chip stocks to the mix?»
The iShares S&P GSCI
Commodity Index
ETF (GSG) is down
about 43 % over the past 4 years.
Find out
about the PowerShares DB
Commodity Tracking
ETF, and explore a detailed analysis of the fund that tracks 14 distinct
commodities using futures contracts.
More information
about taxation for ProShares
Commodity ETFs is in our FAQs.
I keep roughly 80 % of my portfolio in low - cost
ETFs (16 % bond, 16 %
commodities, 48 % stock), with
about 20 % in 6 - 8 individual stocks.
Read Best
Commodity ETFs to learn more about the different types of commodity ETFs from major commodity families including energy, precious metals, agriculture and industria
Commodity ETFs to learn more
about the different types of
commodity ETFs from major commodity families including energy, precious metals, agriculture and industria
commodity ETFs from major
commodity families including energy, precious metals, agriculture and industria
commodity families including energy, precious metals, agriculture and industrial metals.