Here’s our monthly look at the various commodity ETFs and how they track a simple strategy of buying December futures and rolling them annually. Plus, a comparison to Ag Traders and an overall commodity index. C’mon futures…
Commodity ETF Over/Under Performance 2014
|
Commodity
|
Futures
|
ETF
|
Difference
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Crude Oil | $CL_F 5.75% |
$USO 6.68% |
0.93% |
| Brent Oil | $NBZ_F 0.03% |
$BNO 0.32% |
0.29% |
| Natural Gas | $NG_F 6.82% |
$UNG 21.80% |
14.98% |
| Cocoa | $CC_F 13.24% |
$NIB 11.71% |
-1.53% |
| Coffee | $KC_F 52.54% |
$JO 60.97% |
8.43% |
| Corn | $ZC_F 1.59% |
$CORN 3.24% |
1.65% |
| Cotton | $CT_F 1.22% |
$BAL -0.64% |
0.58% |
| Live Cattle | $LE_F 10.54% |
$CATL 4.48% |
-6.06% |
| Lean Hogs | $LH_F 19.25% |
$HOGS 19.47% |
0.22% |
| Sugar | $SB_F 6.69% |
$CANE 6.02% |
-0.67% |
| Soybeans | $ZS_F 8.69% |
$SOYB 12.30% |
3.61% |
| Wheat | $ZW_F 3.11% |
$WEAT 2.10% |
-1.01% |
| Average | 10.58% | 12.37% | 1.79% |
| Commodity Index $DBC | 1.48% | ||
| Long/Short Ag Trader CTAs | -2.23% |
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