| Commodities and related exchange traded funds have underperformed equities and fixed-income markets over the past few years, but investors should not ignore the benefits of including some exposure to diversify their portfolios.
The broad commodities market has been falling behind. Year-to-date, the GreenHaven Continuous Commodity Index Fund dipped 4.8%, PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund fell 4.3%, iPath Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return ETN declined 4.4% and iShares GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust was down 2.6%...............................................Full Article: Source
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