29.09.2009 - Commodities ETF sidesteps the hassles

From Thestreet.com: Investment firm Jefferies just released the Thomson-Reuters Jefferies Commodity Equity Index Fund, an exchange traded fund that, curiously, doesn't own commodities or commodities futures. The ETF owns shares of companies that produce commodities, such as miners and oil firms. The fund avoids the hassles of both futures position limits, which have been a concern for the United States Natural Gas Fund, and the physical ownership of metals....................Full Article: Source

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