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Commodity ETFs: even worse than you thought

November 19 2010, 09:29

FMX | Connect – www.fmxconnect.com - (Reported 11/19/2010)

Commodity ETFs: even worse than you thought

By: Izabella Kaminska

Source: Financial Times

The issue of rollover and contango decay in commodity exchange traded products has received a lot of attention in the media.

Bloomberg noted, for example, how many ETF investors were caught off guard when contango hit commodity markets this year — a situation which has eaten into the value of their investments due to the premium paid to maintain a futures position indefinitely. For full article, click here.

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