Comments on: Top 100 Commodity, Materials and Energy ETF’s

By: IS

IS — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:43:02 +0000

@Martin – Thanks for the feedback. I think it will be interesting to compare some of these returns and I would be very interested to hear what your research has come up with. I will be updating this later this month:)

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:20:25 +0000

What a useful page! Please do lots of folk a favour and provide periodic updates.

Trying to research EFTs remains a tiresome and frustrating process. I’m getting the impression that EFTs with a a decent Market Capital Size are inconsistent (in terms of price improvement) over extended time trames of 2 years or more.

The main ‘put-off’ with many EFTs that are currently performing well, is often their very small Market Capital (i.e. Under $100m) and the associated lack of ‘trading liquidity’ which often accompanies ‘low market capital’ investments.

As I write, it’s the 1st December 2010. I’ve been comparing EFT Performance in the Natural Resources Sector, against that of (a) Investment Trusts, (b) OEIC (Open Ended Investment Companies) and (c) other kinds of Managed Funds. I want to determine if ‘price performance’ (combined with the low cost base of EFTs) makes them a preferable investment vehicle to the kind of managed funds mentioned above.

I’ve entered ticker codes taken from your page into Morning Star’s Stock Quotes Service and looked at the one year and three year price and percentage changes.

Conclusion: I think I’m going to concentrate my research on the Managed Solutions offered by Investment Trusts and OEICs as – for the most part – I’ve struggled to find consistency of performance over one year and three year time spans for the +$100m M/Cap EFTs I’ve looked at.

One Exception (at present) is Ticker DBP (PowerShares DB Precious Metals). However, on closer investigation, it seems that this EFT is limited to tracking just two precious metals (Gold & Silver) and ignores others – including Rare Earths. For my money, such a limited focus is simply too narrow. Hope this input interests / helps someone.

Regards

By: Stainless Steel Sheet

Stainless Steel Sheet — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:09:47 +0000

Impressive post. Thanks for the relevant information.

By: IS

IS — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:02:56 +0000

@Carla – Thank you:)

By: Carla

Carla — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:02:25 +0000

This is an awesome list!

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By: IS

IS — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:09:05 +0000

@OneDay – Difficult call really. At the start of the year, I did two commodity picks (JNJ & UNG), one turned great and the other has been a disaster… I’d probably stick to a general commodity ETF in a long term trading account (retirement or so)

@ Daddy Paul – Glad you liked

By: Daddy Paul

Daddy Paul — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:53:48 +0000

This is a great list. Thank you. I am bookmarking.

By: OneDay

OneDay — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:07:27 +0000

WOW that’s amazing. I’m surprised there are so many choices!! Thank you for all the information. I like the fact that it is categorized. Because there are a lot, at least I can start to choose which commodity/material/energy I want to invest in From all of these, which ETF would you pick?