LONDON (Reuters) - Large pension funds say they are sticking to commodity indices to diversify portfolio risks and because they offer better protection against inflation than hedge funds. Big losses ...

Commodity ETFs simplify investing in metals, energy, and agriculture without physical ownership. Some commodity ETFs avoid K-1 tax forms, streamlining tax filing for investors. Using commodity ETFs ...

NEW YORK -- The list of culprits to blame for $4 gas and $125 oil keeps getting longer. Oil-thirsty China and India get most of the blame. The declining U.S. dollar, tight supplies, geopolitics and ...

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - An ex-Glencore oil trader and a veteran grains merchant are among those behind the largest number of commodity fund launches in 3 years despite investor worries the multi-year ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ25) on Monday closed up +408 (+6.63%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ25) closed up +285 (+6.44%). Cocoa prices on Monday soared on carry-over support from last ...

As Wall Street has migrated from actively managed stock funds to passive index ones in recent years, commodity funds have quietly moved in the opposite direction—toward active management. In both ...

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ25) today is up +48 (+0.73%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ25) is up +55 (+1.17%). Cocoa prices rose to 5-week highs today on carry-over support from last Thursday's ...

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