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Commodity ETFs: You’re Paying Extra To Lose That Money

With commodity markets taking a bit of a turn lower over the past few weeks (Crude Oil back near $40, Coffee at 2015 lows, Hogs down about -20% in the past month), and most commodity markets comfortably in the red for the year; it’s time for our monthly look at how commodity ETFs do. You can expect them to lose money with commodity markets lower, but it’s hard to accept losing more than the commodity market they are tracking. It’s sort of like having to pay for a dinner that left you with food poisoning.  PS – this is an equal opportunity problem, here’s how the short commodity ETFs do.

(Performance as of 11/13/2015)

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(Disclaimer: Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results)
(Disclaimer: Sugar uses the October contract, Soybeans the November contract.)
Long/Short Ag Trader CTA = Barclayhedge Ag Traders Index