18.12.2015 - Commodity ETFs Take Beating from Fed
As the U.S. dollar rallies off the Federal Reserve’s tightening monetary policy, commodity exchange traded funds are slipping to new lows. On Thursday, the GreenHaven Continuous Commodity Index Fund fell 0.9%, PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund declined 0.8%, iPath Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return ETN decreased 0.9%% and iShares GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust retreated 1.0%. The four broad commodity-related exchange traded products all hit new lows Thursday. The commodities market was weakening Thursday after the Fed hiked interest rates and the U.S. dollar rallied...............................................Full Article: Source
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