ETF Spotlight on Teucrium Corn (NYSEArca: CORN), part of a weekly series.
Assets: $57 million
Objective: Seeks to replicate a basket of three corn futures contracts
Holdings: CORN holds three corn futures contracts; the second-to-expire contract is weighted 35%; the third-to-expire is weighted 30%; the December futures contract (after the third-to-expire contract) is weighted 35%. Strategies that vary the time of the contract’s roll help mitigate the corrosive effects of contango.
What You Should Know
- CORN is the only ETF that gives investors a pure-play on corn futures contracts
- Its launch couldn’t have come at a better time: since it began trading in June 2010, it has gained 60.4%
- CORN charges a 1% expense ratio
- Teucrium, the ETF provider behind CORN, is an operation staffed by commodities experts; at one point or another, they’ve all traded commodities
- The provider offered CORN first, because it’s one of the most ubiquitous commodities
The Latest News
- Corn prices are at 30-month highs and rose 75% in 2010 alone
- Bad weather and rising demand are the biggest culprits
- In a recent poll, 63% of farmers said they were holding onto corn reserves in the expectation of further price gains
- Corn supplies are projected to decline 14% this year
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