Time for our monthly look at how the long only commodity ETFs are performing versus simply holding the December futures contract and rolling annually…

Futures trading is complicated, presents a risk of loss, and isn’t for everyone – especially since past market performance doesn’t necessarily indicate future results – but given the numbers, we’re left scratching our heads. We’ve yet to receive a good answer to the question: why invest in an ETF when you can just roll December contracts annually?

Read ‘em and weep…