Other products in the category include iPath Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return ETN (NYSEArca: DJP), iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (NYSEArca: GSG), ELEMENTS Rogers International Commodity Index ETN (NYSEArca: RJI), U.S. Commodity Index (NYSEArca: USCI) and Continuous Commodity Index Fund (NYSEArca: GCC). [Equal-Weighted Commodity ETF]
In 2013 the commodity ETFs have been hit by a rising U.S. dollar and a pullback in gold and some other resources.
Investors pulled a record $23.3 billion from commodity funds this year as global equities attracted $182 billion, Bloomberg reports.
“Anytime you have a whole lot of inventory and visible supply, prices are going to be under pressure,” said John Stephenson, portfolio manager at First Asset Investment Management, in the article. “The real issue for commodities is the source of demand, China, is weak.”
PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund
