| The deflationary price action of commodities over the last several years has brought into question whether investments such as gold, oil, or agriculture deserve a place in your investment portfolio. Many of these asset classes are traded on futures exchanges, but are easily accessible in a highly liquid and relatively low-cost exchange-traded fund.
The physical act of investing in commodities is easy. You can purchase a single asset class such as the United States Oil Fund (USO) or a diversified basket such as the iPath Dow Jones UBS Commodity Total Return ETN (DJP). Either way, you are going to get instant exposure to the daily price fluctuations of the underlying commodity index...............................................Full Article: Source
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