One of the major financial stories of 2015 was the continued fall of commodity prices, led by the collapsing price of oil. Those who bought into the proposition that broad-based commodity exposure ...

As Wall Street has migrated from actively managed stock funds to passive index ones in recent years, commodity funds have quietly moved in the opposite direction—toward active management. In both ...

Gold and silver prices, as well as those for industrial metals such as copper, are likely to see heightened volatility over the coming week as two major index providers rebalance the weights of the ...

Commodity index returns remained relatively flat during the fourth quarter, as a stronger U.S. dollar and rising interest rates provided support, despite subdued demand for gold toward the quarter's ...

Higher levels of inflation and growth tend to drive up commodity prices. Open interest in the CME Group BCOM product suite was up more than 33% in 2024. If investors were to look at commodity index ...

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26) today is up +0.08 (+0.53%). March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26) is up +2.00 (+0.47%). Sugar prices today extended this week's gains and posted 1-week highs.

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26) on Tuesday closed up +0.05 (+0.34%). March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26) closed up +3.90 (+0.92%). Sugar prices settled higher today in anticipation of ...

This article was written by Jim Wiederhold, Commodity Indices Product Manager at Bloomberg. Although gold is the largest single commodity futures contract, crude oil reaches the 15% single commodity ...

Here’s my summary of market sentiment right now. If investors owned as much of their wealth in commodity exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as they do in S&P 500 Index ...

These new thematic basket indices further expand Bloomberg’s commodity offerings, complementing the flagship Bloomberg Commodity Index (BCOM). This launch introduces forward-looking benchmarks aligned ...

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