Commodities: Value in its Original State
Remember, commodities and bonds are inversely related: as commodities rise, bonds falls but as commodities fall, bonds rise.
Commodities are any unprocessed raw materials, partially processed goods (e.g. grain, fruits and vegetables) or precious metals.
As with any other ETF, you can either choose to trade a specific product or a basket of products bundled in an Index Fund/Trust.
American Exercise–Style (all optionable)
DBA PowerShares DB Agricultural Fund
DBB PowerShares DB Base Metals Fund
DBC PowerShares DB Commodity Index Fund (Light, Sweet Crude Oil, Heating Oil, Gold, Aluminum, Corn and Wheat).
DBE PowerShares DB Energy Fund
DBO PowerShares DB Oil Fund
DBP PowerShares DB Precious Metals Fund
DBS PowerShares DB Silver Fund
DGL PowerShares DB Gold Fund
GCC Greenhaven Continuous Commodity Index (equal-weighted ETF of 17 commodities)
GSG iShares GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust
European Exercise–Style (optionable)
XAU PHLX Gold and Silver Sector Index